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Kala Pharmaceuticals to Present Phase 1b Clinical Data for KPI-012 in Patients with PCED at 2022 ARVO Annual Meeting
ARLINGTON, Mass., April 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:KALA), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the
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[{"type":"text","content":"ARLINGTON, Mass., April 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:KALA), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases of the eye, today announced that it will present data from a previously completed Phase 1b clinical trial of KPI-012 in a poster session at the 2022 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, taking place in Denver, Colorado, May 1-4, 2022 and virtually, May 11-12, 2022. The data support the ongoing development of KPI-012, a novel investigational secretome therapy, to address the complex wound healing process in persistent corneal epithelial defect (PCED). The accepted abstract is listed below and is now available on the ARVO conference website: https://www.arvo.org/annual-meeting/. Title: Results of a Phase 1b clinical trial of KPI-012, a novel secretome therapy, in patients with Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defect (PCED)Session Title: Corneal epithelial biology and repair mechanismsPresentation Number - Posterboard Number: 3232 - A0267Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022Time: 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. MDT (5:30 – 7:30 p.m. EDT)Presenter: Valeria Sáanchez-Huerta, M.D., Director General, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México About Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Kala is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases of the eye. Kala has applied its AMPPLIFY® mucus-penetrating particle (MPP) Drug Delivery Technology to two ocular therapies, EYSUVIS® (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension) 0.25% and INVELTYS® (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension) 1%. Kala also has a pipeline of development programs including a clinical-stage secretome product candidate, KPI-012, initially targeting persistent corneal epithelial defects (PCED) and multiple proprietary new chemical entity (NCE) preclinical development programs targeted to address unmet medical needs, including both front and back of the eye diseases. For more information on Kala, please visit www.kalarx.com. Forward Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Any statements...