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OKYO Hits Multiple Dry Eye Endpoints, Plans Move Into Phase III

 
• By Joseph Haas

OKYO’s eye drop OK-101 has hit endpoints for ocular pain, tear film breakup time and conjunctival staining in Phase II, while demonstrating a placebo-like tolerability profile.

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OKYO plans to take its dry eye candidate into Phase III

OKYO Pharma Limited is ready to move its dry eye disease candidate, OK-101, into Phase III and asserted that the efficacy and safety profile it has seen so far might position OK-101 to take a market-leading position in dry eye, despite multiple current therapies available to patients.

Key Takeaways

  • OKYO reported further data from a Phase II study of OK-101 in dry eye, after revealing in January that the eye drop met statistical significance for...

On 22 March, the company reported updated results from a Phase II study showing its candidate demonstrated statistical significance for ocular pain as early as day 15 of treatment and...

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