Thursday, May 17, 2018
Photocure ASA,announced the launch of Blue Light Cystoscopy (BLC™) with Cysview for a new indication of surveillance cystoscopy of bladder cancer.
The new FDA approved indication was a result of a large Phase 3 study using blue light rigid and flexible cystoscopes from KARL STORZ Endoscopy of America Inc., which showed that BLC with Cysview significantly (p<0.0001) improves detection of patients with recurrent bladder cancer. Click here for the Prescribing Information.
"We are pleased that we have commenced the first commercial sale of Cysview for surveillance cystoscopy. This launch into the flexible cystoscopy segment is an important milestone for patients with bladder cancer and the urology community. The availability of Blue Light Cystoscopy with Cysview, for rigid and flexible cystoscopy means that Cysview can now be used for both Bladder Cancer surgery and follow-up cystoscopy, allowing physicians to detect patients with the disease earlier and manage it more appropriately," says Kjetil Hestdal, MD, PhD, President and CEO, Photocure ASA. "I would like to thank all the investigators, our partner KARL STORZ Endoscopy of America Inc. and the patients who made the approval of this new indication possible."
Both companies are exhibiting at the 2018 American Urological Association Annual meeting in San Francisco, May 18 to 21, Photocure on booth 1825.
