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Rezolute to Highlight RZ402 Phase 2 Clinical Program with Leading Clinical Expert
Conference call and webcast to be held on Wednesday, March 22 at 4:30 pm EDT REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rezolute, Inc. (Nasdaq:
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[{"type":"text","content":"Conference call and webcast to be held on Wednesday, March 22 at 4:30 pm EDT\n REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rezolute, Inc. (Nasdaq: RZLT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing transformative therapies with the potential to transform the treatment paradigms of devastating metabolic diseases, will host a virtual event to highlight the Company’s RZ402 Phase 2 clinical program and the rationale for an oral plasma kallikrein inhibitor (PKI) in diabetic macular edema (DME) on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, from 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. EDT. Rezolute management will be joined by Robert Bhisitkul, M.D., Ph.D., a practicing ophthalmologist and retina specialist at The University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Dr. Bhisitkul also serves as a Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Director of the Retina Fellowship at The University of San Francisco School of Medicine. The Company plans to host a similar event in mid-2023 to highlight its RZ358 clinical program as it enters Phase 3. Conference Call Information Rezolute management will host a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Analysts and investors are invited to participate in the event by dialing 1-877-270-2148 from the U.S. and Canada or 1-412-902-6510 internationally and asking to be joined into the Rezolute Bio call. The live webcast can be accessed on the investor page of Rezolute’s website at https://ir.rezolutebio.com/ir-calendar. A replay of the webcast will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the event. About Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) Diabetic retinopathy (DR) affects approximately one third of adults with diabetes and is the leading cause of vision loss in the working age population. DME is a severe vision-threatening complication of DR characterized by swelling of the retina and thickening of the macula, the part of the eye that is responsible for high-resolution vision. Anti-vascular growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections into the eye are the current standard of care for DME, requiring repeated administration over recurring periods of time to preserve vision. Due to their invasive route of administration and occasional serious side effects, there is a tendency to delay treatment until later in the disease course, and long-term compliance with eye in...