Avedro, Inc., a Boston-based ophthalmic pharmaceutical and medical device company, announced today that on February 24, 2015 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee and Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted in support of approval for Avedro’s new drug application (NDA) for riboflavin ophthalmic solutions with UVA irradiation for use in corneal collagen cross-linking for the treatment of the conditions underlying progressive keratoconus or corneal ectasia following refractive surgery. The panel voted 10 to 4 in support of approval for progressive keratoconus with 1 abstention and 6 to 4 in support of approval for corneal ectasia following refractive surgery with 4 abstentions and 1 member not voting. The FDA is not required to follow the recommendation of the panel, though it usually considers the recommendation when making its decision on approval of the product.