OKYO Pharma to Host Key Opinion Leader Event to Discuss New and Comprehensive Data from Phase 2 Dry Eye Disease Trial

-Phase 2 OK-101 efficacy data to be released March 22nd, 2024-

-KOL Event to be held on April 9th, 2024 at 12 PM ET-

LONDON and NEW YORK, March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OKYO Pharma Limited (NASDAQ: OKYO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative ocular therapies for the treatment of inflammatory dry eye disease (DED), a multi-billion-dollar market, and anterior ocular segment diseases including neuropathic corneal pain (NCP), an ocular condition associated with pain but without an FDA approved therapy, announces that it will be hosting a Key Opinion Leader (KOL) event on April 9th, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET to discuss in depth the findings of the new and comprehensive efficacy data readout from the Phase 2 trial of OK-101 in dry eye disease, which will be announced on March 22nd, 2024.

The event will feature Jay Pepose, MD, PhD, who will review details from the company's Phase 2 trial evaluating OK-101 in Dry Eye Disease, and Anat Galor, MD, MSPH who will discuss the unmet need for a topical treatment that improves ocular pain and differentiating features of OK-101. OKYO Pharma’s management team will also be in attendance to present an overview of OK-101’s mechanism of action.

Event details:
Date: Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM ET
Link To Register: https://lifescievents.com/event/okyo/

Jay Pepose, MD, PhD, Founder and Medical Director of the Pepose Vision Institute and Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Washington University School of Medicine, has nearly 40 years of experience as both a treating physician and a widely published researcher. He is the founder and Medical Director of the Pepose Vision Institute and a professor of Clinical Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Pepose is actively involved in clinical trials and has served as an investigator on over 30 studies evaluating new therapeutics and technology in a broad range of ophthalmic indications, including dry eye. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and has served on the editorial boards of several prestigious ophthalmology journals. Dr. Pepose received an A.B. and M.A. in neurophysiology from Brandeis University and completed the M.D. Ph.D. program at the UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Pepose completed his ophthalmology residency at the Wilmer Institute at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center and his fellowship training at Georgetown University Medical Center.