Inotek Considers Its Options After Another Glaucoma Failure

The eye disease company faces an uncertain future after its only product, trabodenoson, failed in another study in glaucoma.

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The Bell Tolls For Inotek's Trabodenoson • Source: Shuterstock

Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp. is evaluating its strategic alternatives after top-line data from a Phase II study showed that its investigational glaucoma product trabodenoson had no added benefit when used as part of a fixed-dose combination with latanoprost compared with the older therapy alone.

Trabodenoson had already disappointed in a Phase III monotherapy trial in January (MATrX-1, which sent the firm's share price crashing...

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