OREANDA-NEWS. Nicox S.A., today announced that Gavin Spencer, Executive Vice President Corporate Development of Nicox, will be presenting at the Cantor Fitzgerald's 2nd Annual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday July 13, 2016, at 1:30 pm Eastern Time. The conference is being held at Le Parker Meridien hotel in New York.

Nicox (Bloomberg: COX:FP, Reuters: NCOX.PA) is an international commercial-stage company focused on the ophthalmic market. With a heritage of innovative R&D, business development, and marketing expertise, Nicox is building a diversified portfolio of ophthalmic products that can help people enhance their sight.

Nicox's advanced pipeline features latanoprostene bunod for the lowering of intra-ocular pressure (IOP) in patients with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, for which a New Drug Application (NDA) was submitted to the FDA by the Company's licensee Bausch + Lomb, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.'s, wholly owned subsidiary. The Company's pipeline also features AC-170, for which the FDA granted priority review for the NDA for the treatment of ocular itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis as well as two pre-MAA candidates in Europe: AzaSite® for bacterial conjunctivitis and BromSite(TM) for pain and inflammation after cataract surgery. Beyond these late-stage candidates, Nicox is developing a pipeline of next generation ophthalmology-focused candidates, which utilize its proprietary nitric oxide (NO)-donating research platform. The Group has operations in Europe and the United States.

Nicox is listed on Euronext Paris (Category B: Mid Caps) and is part of the Russell Global, CAC Healthcare, CAC Pharma & Bio and Next 150 indexes.