PERTH, Australia – Opthea Ltd. completed a $128.2 million IPO on the U.S. Nasdaq market, which will fund two phase III trials in wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and bring the company’s lead candidate, OPT-302, to market if successful.
PERTH, Australia – Azura Ophthalmics Ltd. raised a $20 million series C round with existing investors, including Brandon Capital’s Medical Research Commercialization Fund (MRCF), Orbimed, TPG Biotech and Ganot Capital.
Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s anticipated win with Eysuvis (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension) 0.25% for the short-term (up to two weeks) treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (DED) didn’t help shares (NASDAQ:KALA), which closed Oct. 27 at $6.28, down $1.44, or 18.7%, on word of the FDA approval.
PERTH, Australia – Azura Ophthalmics Ltd. raised a $20 million series C round with existing investors, including Brandon Capital’s Medical Research Commercialization Fund (MRCF), Orbimed, TPG Biotech and Ganot Capital.
LONDON – Sparingvision SAS has raised €44.5 million (US$52.5 million) to advance SPVNo6, a gene therapy designed to be effective for all retinitis pigmentosa patients regardless of the underlying mutation, with a phase I dose-ranging study now due to start in 2021.
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