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OKYO Pharma Reports New Phase 2 Data Demonstrating Meaningful Improvements in Patient-Reported Quality of Life Outcomes with Urcosimod in Neuropathic Corneal Pain
LONDON and NEW YORK, March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OKYO Pharma Limited (Nasdaq: OKYO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing investigational therapies for the treatment of neuropathic corneal pain (NCP) and for inflammatory eye diseases, today announced new positive findings from an exploratory analysis of patient-reported outcomes in its recently completed Phase 2a trial of urcosimod (0.05%) for the treatment of NCP. This new quality-of-life (QoL) data will be presented at
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