Weather Related Conditions Cancels Alimera Sciences Presentation at Rodman & Renshaw Global Investment Conference

ATLANTA, Sept. 11, 2017 -- Alimera Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALIM) (Alimera), a leader in commercialization and development of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals,  announced that due to the severe tropical storm impacting the southeast, it has canceled it’s previously announced presentation and webcast at the Rodman & Renshaw Global Investment Conference in New York City which was scheduled for September 12, at 3:00 PM ET. 

About Alimera Sciences, Inc.
Alimera, founded in June 2003, is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the commercialization and development of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. Alimera is presently focused on diseases affecting the back of the eye, or retina, because these diseases are not well treated with current therapies and will affect millions of people in aging populations. Alimera's commitment to retina specialists and their patients is manifest in its product and in its development portfolio designed to treat early- and late-stage diseases. For more information, please visit www.alimerasciences.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding, among other things, the opportunity for further growth in 2017 for ILUVIEN and the ability of Alimera to achieve positive operating cash flow. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in its forward-looking statements. Meaningful factors which could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, continued market acceptance of ILUVIEN in the U.S. and Europe, including physicians' ability to obtain reimbursement, as well as other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of Alimera's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Additional factors may be set forth in those sections of Alimera's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, to be filed with the SEC in the third quarter of 2017. In addition to the risks described above and in Alimera's Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other filings with the SEC, other unknown or unpredictable factors also could affect Alimera's results. There can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by Alimera will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, Alimera. Therefore, no assurance can be given that the outcomes stated in such forward-looking statements and estimates will be achieved. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by the cautionary statements contained or referred to herein. Alimera cautions investors not to rely too heavily on the forward-looking statements Alimera makes or that are made on its behalf. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release (unless another date is indicated). Alimera undertakes no obligation, and specifically declines any obligation, to publicly update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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