sentences:  Initial data from this trial is to be available in 2007, with Phase III trials initiating in 2009.Clinical work is at an earlier stage in the development of Iplex to treat Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP).This disease, affecting an estimated 14,000 to 16,000 premature infants each year, causes the lack of development of the small blood vessels in the back of the eye leading to blindness in the majority of cases.