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Ocular Therapeutix™ Announces Upcoming Presentation of Interim OTX-TKI Phase 1 Clinical Trial Data at Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2021 – Virtual Edition
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ocular Therapeutix™, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCUL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the formulation, development, and
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[{"type":"text","content":" BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nOcular Therapeutix™, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCUL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the formulation, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases and conditions of the eye, announced its intention to present data from its Phase 1 clinical trial of OTX-TKI, an axitinib intravitreal implant for the treatment of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and other retinal diseases, at the upcoming Angiogenesis, Exudations, and Degeneration 2021 Meeting being held virtually on February 12-13th.\n\nDetails of Ocular’s Presentation are as follows:\n\nTITLE: Intravitreal Hydrogel-Based Axitinib Implant (OTX-TKI) for the Treatment of Neovascular AMD: Phase 1 Trial Update\nPRESENTER: Andrew A. Moshfeghi, MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Medical Director of the USC Roski Eye Institute; Director of Clinical Trials; Director of the Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship Program; and Director of the Medical Retina Fellowship Program\nPRESENTATION DATE AND TIME: Saturday, February 13, 2021, 12:30 p.m. ET\n\n“We are pleased to be presenting an update on OTX-TKI at the upcoming Angiogenesis meeting,” said Michael Goldstein, MD, MBA, President, Ophthalmology and Chief Medical Officer of Ocular Therapeutix. “OTX-TKI is an intravitral implant of axitinib delivered via injection, leveraging a new administration and mechanism of action for the treatment of patients with wet AMD and other retinal diseases. We are particularly encouraged with the interim data presented to date from the Phase 1 trial. The data support the product’s safety profile and signal its potential biological activity and durability in patients with wet AMD across the first two dose cohorts and a portion of the third dose cohort for up to six months or longer in some cases.”\n\nThe presentation can be accessed February 13th on the “Events and Presentations” section of the Ocular Therapeutix website.\n\nAbout Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. \n\nOcular Therapeutix, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the formulation, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases and conditions of the eye using its proprietary bioresorbable hydrogel-based formulation technology. Ocular Therapeutix’s first commercial drug product, DEXTENZA, is FDA-approved for the treatment of ...