TearClear Moving Toward Clinical Trials and Strengthening Leadership Team

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client TearClear, an emerging ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, continues to make progress on the development of its first-in-class platform of preservative-free topical medications. With a successful Pre-IND meeting with the US FDA achieved in Nov. 2020, the TearClear team is now advancing the preparation of clinical trial material required for its proprietary latanoprost pivotal study in anticipation of an IND submission later this year. 

TearClear also announces the appointment of Stuart Raetzman to interim CEO. Stuart is a TearClear Board Member and long-term Industry veteran with a proven track record of building successful pharmaceutical businesses. Raetzman commented, “TearClear thanks Robert Dempsey for his contributions and wishes him well. We are excited for the Company’s next chapter as we scale our platform and advance our innovative ophthalmic pharmaceutical portfolio. At TearClear, our goal is to disrupt the way current topical medications are delivered to the ocular surface.”

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