Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 29, 2016 relating to the consolidated financial statements, which appears in Sophiris Bio Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.  

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Diego, California

December 21, 2016