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Aciont® To Present on VisulexTM Technologies at the 4th Ocular & Drug Discovery Conference - 01/10/2012
Kongnara Papankorn and Sarah Molokhia will present on behalf of Aciont Inc at the Global Technology Community’s 4th Ocular & Drug Discovery Conference, February 27-28, 2012, in Las Vegas, NV
 
Aciont® to Present at the 13th Annual NIH SBIR/STTR Conference - 06/07/2011
Dr. Kongnara Papangkorn’s presentation is entitled,“Safety Aspects and Drug Delivery Performance of Visulex® Passive Delivery System”
 
Aciont® to Present at ARVO 2011 Annual Meeting - 04/26/2011
Aciont’s poster “Importance of the Conjunctiva in Transscleral Iontophoresis” will be shown on May 3, 2011 at the meeting.
 
Aciont® CEO to Present at IN3 West Medical Device Conference - 02/08/2011
John Higuchi will present on behalf of Aciont Inc at the IN3 West Medical Device Conference.
 
Aciont® Awarded Two Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Grants Totaling $489K - 11/04/2010
Aciont Inc. announced today that it has been awarded $488,958 to support two projects under the U.S. Government’s Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program.
 
University of Michigan Science Symposium Honoring Professor William I. Higuchi - 09/23/2010

 
The NIH Awards Aciont® a Small Business Catalyst Award Grant Accelerating Innovative Research - 07/07/2010
Aciont is awarded a phase I SBIR $214K grant for the project titled "Novel Method for the Ocular Iontophoretic Delivery of Avastin® and Lucentis®"
 
Aciont® To Present at ARVO 2010 Annual Meeting - 04/09/2010

 
Aciont® Strengthens Management Team with Industry Leader in Ophthalmic Product Development - 04/02/2010
Balbir Brar brings 25 years of drug and device development experience to Aciont Inc.
 
NEI Awards a Two-Year $2.18 Million SBIR Grant to Aciont® - 12/10/2009
The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $2.18 million grant to Aciont Inc. to help fund its development of a non-invasive, passive diffusion-based treatment for severe, non-infectious uveitis.
 
Visulex Macromolecule Research Article - 05/04/2009
A peer reviewed journal published an article presenting research from a study which used Aciont’s Visulex® ocular iontophoretic system in the non-invasive delivery of a macromolecule. The article presents the clearance, migration, and distribution data of GalbuminTM following ocular iontophoretic Visulex treatment.
 
Aciont ARVO 2009 Presentations Article - 05/04/2009

 
Tribute to William I. Higuchi in Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - 01/15/2008
Dr. Higuchi's contributions have significantly elevated the field of pharmaceutics. He has an impressive body of scientific work and a continuing legacy of his accomplishments.
 
Aciont's Research Discussed in Two Recent Ophthalmic Publications - 11/21/2008
Aciont's research is published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science journal and Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
 
NEI Awards Ocular Iontophoresis Research Grant to Aciont® Collaborators - 01/18/2007
Understanding of ocular pharmacokinetics and transport barriers of the eye would be a major step toward achieving a non-invasive drug delivery system to treat posterior segment of eye diseases.
 
Aciont® Featured in Retina Today Article - 03/01/2007
Dr. Karl G. Csaky's article features new and exciting technologies in transscleral drug delivery.
 
Aciont Announces SBIR Funding to Support the Development of its Back-of-the-Eye Therapy Technology - November 2004 - 11/09/2004

 
Aciont's Visulex Technology Highlighted in Leading Drug Delivey Trade Magazine - 04/15/2004
Advancing iontophoresis for effective noninvasive back-of-the-eye therapeutics.
 
Aciont® Featured in Digital IQ Article - 06/04/2003

 
Aciont® Inc Awarded NIH Grant - 04/25/2002
Awarded a Phase-I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for $100,000 payment based on the competitive merit of Aciont's proposal and technology.