OKYO Pharma

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Dr. Gary S. Jacob, CEO of OKYO Pharma (NASDAQ: OKYO), was recently a guest on Benzinga’s All Access. OKYO Pharma is a biotechnology company focused on the treatment of ocular diseases. OKYO is currently developing OK-101 to treat dry eye disease, which is a currently underserved and untreated...

OKYO Pharma Limited (LSE: OKYO) (NASDAQ: OKYO) announced that the first patient has been screened for its phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial, evaluating the efficacy and safety of OK-101 ophthalmic solution in subjects with dry eye disease (DED). ...

OKYO Pharma Limited (LSE: OKYO) (NASDAQ: OKYO) announced the activation of the first clinical trial site in the U.S. for its phase 2, multi-center, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial, evaluating the efficacy and safety of OK-101 ophthalmic solution in subjects with dry eye disease...

Drug development can be notoriously slow, and it can take some companies 10 years or more to pass through all the trials and tests required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, when a company is bringing a drug to trial in near-record time, it’s understandable that company...

Drug development isn’t known for being fast-paced, and developing any new drug is generally a long process. However, OKYO Pharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: OKYO) is moving quickly to develop its eye treatment drug, OK-101. It plans to begin trials for the drug in the 2nd quarter of 2023. OKYO Pharma is a...

OKYO Pharma Limited (LSE: OKYO) (NASDAQ: OKYO) announced that its planned trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of OK-101 in subjects with DED has been posted on the ClinicalTrials.gov public website (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05759208). ClinicalTrials.gov is a Web-based...

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions about OKYO Pharma. For our readers who may be unfamiliar with the company, can you just give us a brief introduction to the company? OKYO Pharma Ltd is a publicly-listed biotechnology company that listed on Nasdaq in May 2022. The company also...

OKYO Pharma Limited (LSE: OKYO) (NASDAQ: OKYO) recently announced that its GMP packaged OK-101 drug to be used in the upcoming Phase 2, first-in-human, clinical trial in patients with DED, which was recently shipped from Europe, has cleared customs in the United States. OKYO is now in the process...

An eye condition that has been described as a common disease currently affects as many as 49 million Americans. Dry Eye Disease (DED) afflicts over 15% of Americans over 50 and disproportionately affects women and DED patients are not well served by currently approved drugs. It’s concerning...