Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYES) (“Second Sight”), a recognized global leader in neuromodulation devices for blindness, today announced that an interview with Adam Mendelsohn, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO of Nano Precision Medical, Inc. (“NPM”), will air on The RedChip Money Report® on Bloomberg US on April 16 at 7 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Bloomberg US is available in an estimated 73 million homes across the United States.
As previously announced, Second Sight and NPM have entered into a definitive agreement under which privately held NPM will merge with a wholly owned subsidiary of Second Sight in an all-stock transaction. NPM will be the surviving company and owned by Second Sight. The resulting company will focus on development of innovative drug and device medical implants that treat chronic diseases with high unmet medical need.
To view the interview segment, please visit: https://youtu.be/QaxKGcSt610
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About Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: EYES) develops implantable visual prosthetics that are intended to deliver useful artificial vision to blind individuals. A recognized global leader in neuromodulation devices for blindness, the Company is committed to developing new technologies to treat the broadest population of sight-impaired individuals. The Company’s headquarters are in Los Angeles, California.
About Nano Precision Medical Products, Inc.
Nano Precision Medical. Inc is a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing drug implants by leveraging the company’s proprietary NanoPortal drug implant technology. These drug implants, designed to deliver minimally fluctuating drug profiles, will address drug non-adherence which is one of the top reasons for sub-optimal clinical benefit associated with oral and injectable products that treat chronic disease. The company’s lead product, NPM-119, is a GLP-1 receptor agonist under development to treat patients with Type 2 diabetes. The Company’s headquarters are in Emeryville, California. More information is available at www.nanoprecisionmedical.com.
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