The present invention provides a method for the treatment of ocular or dermal diseases and/or conditions, e.g. an aqueous deficient dry eye state, uveitis or phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis in an eye, or balanitis, psoriasis, or atopic dermatitis of the skin, said method comprising administering, topically to the eye or the skin, a therapeutically effective amount of a novel cyclosporin A derivative selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the formula: wherein R
