MELBOURNE, Australia and PRINCETON, N.J., May 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT, the "Company")), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, including wet age-related macular degeneration, today announced that two scientific presentations on the sozinibercept (OPT-302) Phase 2 clinical trial results and ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial program will be made at the Retina World Congress (RWC), being held from May 9-12, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Frederic Guerard, PharmD, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Opthea, will participate in the Retina Unplugged panel discussion.
Details are as follows:
Panel Discussion Title: What's New in Wet AMD
Session Date: May 9, 2024
Session Time: 8:35 to 9:10 a.m. EDT
Presenter: Frederic Guerard, PharmD, Opthea CEO
Oral Session Title: Latest Trial Updates Regarding OPT-302
Session Date: May 10, 2024
Session Time: 4:02 to 4:07 p.m. EDT
Presenter: Jordana G. Fein, MD, MS, Retina Group of Washington, Fairfax, Virginia
Poster Session Title: Rationale for the Design of the Phase 3 Superiority Clinical Trials of Sozinibercept Combination Therapy Targeting Inhibition of VEGF-C/-D and VEGF-A for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Session Date: May 11, 2024
Session Time: 10:18 to 10:23 a.m. EDT
Presenter: David Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS, Partner and Director of Research at Retina Vitreous Associates of Florida
About Opthea
Opthea (NASDAQ:OPT) is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to address the unmet need in the treatment of highly prevalent and ...