pSivida to Webcast Presentation at Cowen and Company Health Care Conference

pSivida Corp, (NASDAQ:PSDV)(ASX:PSD)(FF:PSI), a leading drug delivery company, today announced it will webcast a live presentation at the Cowen & Company Annual Health Care Conference in Boston, March 16. Dr. Paul Ashton, president and chief executive officer, will present at 2:35 p.m. Eastern time.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available at http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/conflobby.zhtml?ticker=PSDV&item_id=2115937 and at the company’s website: www.psivida.com. A replay of the presentation will be available at the company’s website for 90 days.

About pSivida Corp.

pSivida is a world leader in the development of miniaturized, injectable, drug delivery systems for the eye. pSivida has two products approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Retisert^® to treat uveitis and Vitrasert^® for treating AIDS-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis. pSivida has licensed both of these products and the technologies underlying them to Bausch & Lomb Incorporated. pSivida has one product in fully recruited Phase III clinical trials: Iluvien™, which delivers fluocinolone acetonide (FA) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME), formerly known as Medidur FA for DME. pSivida has licensed certain drug delivery technology to Alimera Sciences, Inc. for the development of Iluvien and certain other ophthalmic products. pSivida has a worldwide collaborative research and license agreement with Pfizer Inc. under which Pfizer may develop additional ophthalmic products.

pSivida owns the rights to develop and commercialize a modified form of silicon known as BioSilicon™, which has potential therapeutic applications. The most advanced BioSilicon product candidate, BrachySil™, delivers a therapeutic P32, a radioactive form of phosphorus used to treat cancer, directly to solid tumors. pSivida completed an initial safety and efficacy clinical trial of BrachySil for the treatment of pancreatic cancer and has commenced a dose-ranging clinical trial.

pSivida’s intellectual property portfolio consists of 45 patent families, over 100 granted patents, including patents accepted for issuance, and over 200 patent applications. pSivida conducts its operations from Boston in the United States and Malvern in the United Kingdom.

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