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Unlocking the power of cyclosporine for superior dry eye relief

Wellspring Ophthalmics is a development stage eye care pharmaceutical company focused on innovating an improved, effective dry eye therapy.

Dry eye sufferers have an unmet need and deserve help

Dry eye is under-diagnosed and under-treated. About 30 million people in the U.S. suffer from dry eye, but only about 17 million are diagnosed.

Dry eyes can affect sufferers’ quality of life, may hamper reading, driving ability, computer use, work productivity, etc. and may be associated with increased anxiety, stress and depression.

Only about 1.7 million people in the U.S. are treated with prescription eye drops – and still this market is estimated at over $1.5 billion annually worldwide.

Our Mission

We have patented and formulated an unrivaled cyclosporine dry eye relief therapy.

We aim to license our intellectual property portfolio, including issued and pending patents, to a licensee who will complete development and commercialize our innovation.

Our Science

Our proprietary broad formulation platform is a novel suspension comprising aqueous, amorphous nanodispersions of cyclosporine.

Our flexible formulation platform overcomes known deficiencies of current cyclosporine eye drops, including emulsions and solutions.

Our formulations are designed to have higher bioavailability for better efficacy and improved dry eye relief versus emulsion formulations.

Our preliminary animal bioavailability data confirms higher bioavailability when compared to the market leader.

Our patented suspension formulations can contain much higher concentrations of cyclosporine than formulations comprising emulsions or solutions.

Our Team

Our leadership team is proven and successful and comprises founders who have spent most of their careers in eye care.

Harun Takruri, PhD

Founder,
Chairman of the Board

Orlando Rodrigues

Co-founder, C.E.O.
and President

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