Presbia Names Ophthalmic Surgeons Gordon and Maloney to Medical Advisory Board

Company Medical Advisory Board Chair Pallikaris to Present on Intracorneal
Refractive Inlays
LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Presbia, a company focused on surgical solutions for presbyopia, today announced
that ophthalmic surgeons Dr. Michael Gordon and Dr. Robert Maloney have agreed
to join to its Medical Advisory Board. Drs. Gordon and Maloney will join Prof.
Ioannis Pallikaris, widely regarded as the "father" of LASIK surgery, who was
appointed as chair of the recently formed Board.

Presbia Chief Executive Officer Zohar Loshitzer said of the two new members of
the Medical Board, "Drs. Gordon and Maloney are leaders in the field of
refractive surgical vision correction whose respected reputations precede them.
We welcome these two distinguished clinicians to our team."

Presbia, will introduce its Flexivue micro-lens to the medical community for the
first time in the United States at the joint meeting of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology (AAO) and Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO)
beginning Friday, Oct. 23, in San Francisco. Offering a safe, effective,
permanent yet reversible correction of presbyopia, Flexivue is a
three-millimeter-diameter optical lens that is implanted in the cornea, by the
creation of a pocket using the same kind of femtosecond laser routinely used for
LASIK surgery.

The company also announced that during AAO/PAAO`s refractive surgery
subspecialty day on Oct. 23, Prof. Pallikaris will deliver a presentation
entitled Intracorneal Refractive Inlays for the Treatment of Presbyopia: Visual
Outcomes and Safety. The talk, part of the section on intrastromal implants for
refractive surgery, will be held at 2:28 p.m. in room 2014 of Moscone Center
West.

Dr. Michael Gordon

Dr. Michael Gordon, M.D., founder of the Gordon Binder Vision Institute, San
Diego, is recognized as a preeminent authority in the field of refractive
surgery. Over the last two decades, he has been involved in every aspect of the
discipline, performing thousands of LASIK procedures, making him one of the most
experienced laser refractive surgeons in the world.

Dr. Gordon was the first surgeon to perform an all-laser High Definition
Wavefront-guided laser procedure in 2003, and in 1989 pioneered the use of the
Summit excimer laser to correct nearsightedness. He is a founding board member
of the International LASIK Institute and a recent recipient of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology`s Achievement Award service.

Dr. Gordon holds a medical degree from the State University of New York at
Buffalo School of Medicine.

Dr. Robert K. Maloney

Dr. Robert K. Maloney, M.D., is clinical professor of ophthalmology at UCLA
David Geffen School of Medicine, and director of the Maloney Vision Institute,
Los Angeles. He was the first surgeon in western North America to perform LASIK
surgery as part of the original FDA clinical trials. Dr. Maloney has trained
more than 700 surgeons in the use of the excimer laser and has performed more
than 45,000 vision-correction surgeries. In addition, he has published more than
100 articles, abstracts, and reports in professional journals and has delivered
more than 200 invited lectures on five continents.

Dr. Maloney has been a principal investigator for 15 FDA clinical trials. He
operates a special clinic devoted to treating patients who have had problems
with prior vision correction surgery. He holds a medical degree from the
University of California at San Francisco, and is a summa cum laude graduate of
Harvard University. Additionally, Dr. Maloney studied at Oxford University as a
Rhodes Scholar and earned a master`s degree in philosophy, politics and
economics.

Flexivue Micro-Lens

Presbia`s revolutionary solution to presbyopia involves the placement of the
Flexivue micro-lens, which is just three millimeters in diameter and less than
20 microns in edge thickness, within the corneal stroma. The lens is made of
hydrophilic polymer,

The lens is placed in a "pocket" created in the cornea by a femtosecond laser,
the same kind of laser routinely used for LASIK surgery. The eye surgeon inserts
the lens into the pocket using a special insertion device developed by Presbia.

The pocket then seals itself, holding the lens in place in the center of the
visual axis. The lens can stay in place permanently, or can be easily and safely
removed if, for example, the patient`s presbyopia advances and a stronger
prescription is required. The procedure typically takes less than 10 minutes, is
performed on the non-dominant eye, and uses topical anesthesia. A video of the
procedure is available at www.presbia.com.

Because the Flexivue micro-lens is implanted using standard femtosecond lasers,
the procedure requires no additional capital investment from the surgeon`s
practice.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Presbia is an ophthalmic-device company The company focuses on the development
of solutions for the problem of presbyopia, the age-related inability to read or
focus on near objects. Chief among these approaches is the Flexivue micro-lens,
a three millimeter diameter lens implanted using laser technology. Further
information is available at www.presbia.com.

Note: The Flexivue micro-lens and related medical procedures are not available
in the United States and have not been evaluated or approved by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration.

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