MELBOURNE, Australia and PRINCETON, N.J., April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX/NASDAQ: OPT “Opthea”, the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, including wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), today announced the appointment of John Han, PharmD, to the role of Vice President, Medical Affairs,... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia and PRINCETON, N.J., April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX/NASDAQ: OPT “Opthea”, the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, including wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), today announced that management will present at the 23 rd Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia and PRINCETON, N.J., April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX/NASDAQ: OPT “Opthea”, the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, including wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), today announced the appointment of Sujal Shah to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”),... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia and PRINCETON, N.J., March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT; NASDAQ:OPT; “Opthea”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, today announced it will host a virtual key opinion leader (KOL) event on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 am ET, featuring presentations from global retina... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT; NASDAQ:OPT; “Opthea”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, today announced that management will participate in one-on-one investor meetings at the Leerink Partners Global Biopharma Conference being held in Miami, Florida on March 11-13, 2024. About... Read More

Enrollment completion of sozinibercept Phase 3 program for wet AMD expected in calendar year (CY) Q2 2024 with top-line data mid-CY 2025 Expanded U.S. leadership team with the appointments of Dr. Frederic Guerard as CEO, Peter Lang as CFO, and Dr. Arshad M. Khanani as Chief Medical Advisor Cash and cash equivalents of $157.1 million as of December 31, 2023 MELBOURNE, Australia and PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT; NASDAQ:OPT, “Opthea”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, today announced the appointment of Arshad M. Khanani, MD, MA, FASRS, as Chief Medical Advisor. An internationally recognized retina specialist and clinical scientist, Dr. Khanani is a Managing... Read More

COAST trial is evaluating the superiority of sozinibercept combined with EYLEA ® (aflibercept) over EYLEA alone in wet AMD Enrollment of second pivotal trial (ShORe) to complete in calendar Q2 2024 COAST and ShORe top-line results expected by mid-2025 MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT; NASDAQ:OPT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat... Read More

Dr. Julie Clark, SVP Clinical Development; Dr. Fang Li, SVP Regulatory Affairs, to join February 1st Experienced executives bring extensive track record in products for retinal and ophthalmology diseases MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT; NASDAQ:OPT, “Opthea”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal... Read More

Opthea to receive remaining US$35m funding under the Development Funding Agreement (DFA) with Carlyle and its life science franchise Abingworth, as well as a further US$50m financing under an Amended DFA to include a new co-investor This financing is non-dilutive to shareholders, with no equity issued to Carlyle, Abingworth or the new co-investor Investment driven by the potential of sozinibercept (OPT-302) to provide... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT; Nasdaq:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that it has received an A$8.8 million (US$5.9 million) research and development (R&D) tax credit from the Australian Taxation Office. The cash incentive is for research and development... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT; NASDAQ:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, today announced an oral presentation featuring sozinibercept (OPT-302) which will be presented at the annual FLORetina Congress being held November 30 to December 3, 2023, in Rome, Italy. Professor Angelo... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that Dr. Megan Baldwin, the Company’s Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the Jefferies London Healthcare Conference being held on November 14 th... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that Dr. Megan Baldwin, the Company’s Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, will present at Eyecelerator which is part of AAO 2023 being held in San Francisco, CA on November 3 rd to 6 th ,... Read More

Dr. Megan Baldwin transitions to Founder, Chief Innovation Officer and remains on the Board of Directors Experienced pharmaceutical executives Dr. Frederic Guerard appointed as CEO and Peter Lang appointed as CFO, bringing complementary expertise to lead Opthea’s next phase of growth MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that on October 4 th , Dr. Megan Baldwin, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer will be a panelist at the inaugural Euretina Innovation Spotlight forum which is part of the Organization’s... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that Mr. Tim Morris, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer will present at H.C. Wainwright’s 25 th Annual Global Investment Conference being held at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New... Read More

OPT has successfully completed the placement and institutional entitlement offer components of its previously announced capital raising As a result of strong demand from both existing and new domestic and offshore institutional investors Opthea has accepted an additional A$10.0 million in oversubscriptions, increasing the placement size to A$20.0 million and the total size of the capital raising to A$90.0 million The... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that the American Medical Association’s United States Adopted Names (USAN) Council, in consultation with the World Health Organization’s International Nonproprietary Names (INN) Expert... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that Dr. Megan Baldwin, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer will present at the 2023 Opthalmology Innovation Summit being held in Seattle, WA on July 27 th , 2023. Dr. Baldwin will... Read More

Podium presentation on the pharmacokinetics and safety of OPT-302 in retinal vascular diseases Participation in “Live From ASRS” virtual KOL discussion on market trends and new treatments in wet AMD hosted by Oppenheimer & Co. MELBOURNE, Australia, July 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today the resignation of Dr. Joel Naor, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), effective July 15 th , 2023. Dr. Naor is stepping down to pursue new opportunities and will be replaced by Dr. Kenneth Sall,... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Anshul Thakral as a Non-Executive Director of the Company’s Board of Directors. Concurrently with this appointment, Mr. Michael Sistenich has resigned as a... Read More

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MELBOURNE, Australia, May 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that Dr. Megan Baldwin, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer will present at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference being held at the Marriott Marquis in New York City on June 7-9 2023. Dr.... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that Elemer Piros, Senior Biotechnlogy Analyst at EF Hutton will host a webinar with Dr. Megan Baldwin, CEO and Managing Director and Timothy E. Morris, CFO of Opthea Limited on Thursday,... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that Timothy E. Morris, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer will present at the JMP Securities Life Sciences Conference being held in New York City on May 15-16 2023. Mr.Morris will... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that management will participate in the one-on-one meeting portion of the H.C. Wainwright BioConnect Conference being held on May 2, 2023. The Conference is produced in partnership with... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT; Nasdaq:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that it has received an A$8.7 million (US$6.3 million) research and development (R&D) tax credit from the Australian Taxation Office. The cash incentive is for research and development... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that Dr. Megan Baldwin, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at Oppenheimer’s 33 rd Annual Healthcare Conference being held virtually on March 13-15,... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that the Phase 2b study results of OPT-302, the Company’s anti-VEGF-C/-D “trap” agent administered in combination with Lucentis ® (ranibizumab) for the treatment of wet age-related macular... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that Dr. Megan Baldwin, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer will present at SVB Leerink’s Global Biopharma Conference being held virtually on February 14-16, 2023. Dr. Baldwin’s... Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (NASDAQ:OPT; ASX:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announced today that Dr. Megan Baldwin, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer will present at the Sequire Biotechnology Conference being held virtually on February 2, 2023. Dr. Baldwin will present on... Read More