Opthea Limited - American Depositary Shares (OPT)

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 27, 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 that it expects to receive the remaining US$35 million committed funds under the Development Funding Agreement (DFA) with Carlyle and Abingworth, and has entered into binding documentation with a new co-investor under an Amended DFA to secure an additional US$50 million in funding.

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 costs incurred in the 2022/2023 financial year, and represents the amount disclosed in the company’s audited financial statements at 30 June 2023.

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.

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 14th -16th, 2023.

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 3rd to 6th, 2023.

Dr. Megan Baldwin transitions to Founder, Chief Innovation Officer and remains on the Board of Directors

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 4th, 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 23rd Congress being held on October 5th – 8th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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 25th Annual Global Investment Conference being held at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York City on September 11th – 13th, 2023.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (Opthea or the Company) (ASX:OPT; NASDAQ:OPT) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the institutional component of the capital raising announced on Thursday, 24 August 2023.

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 Committee, has approved and adopted the nonproprietary drug name “sozinibercept” (pronounced soe'' zi nib' er sept) for the Company’s lead biologic drug candidate, OPT-302. 

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 27th, 2023.

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 progressive retinal diseases, announced today that OPT-302, the Company’s first-in-class VEGF-C/D “trap” inhibitor will be highlighted during the upcoming American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) 2023 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington. The ASRS is the largest organization of retina specialists in the world, with more than 3,000 members from 63 countries, and the annual meeting represents one of the largest U.S. conferences covering retinal diseases.

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 15th, 2023.  Dr. Naor is stepping down to pursue new opportunities and will be replaced by Dr. Kenneth Sall, MD who has been appointed as Opthea’s Senior Medical Advisor.  Dr. Sall will assume responsibility for safety oversight of the Opthea’s Phase 3 clinical trials investigating OPT-302, a novel VEGF-C/D ‘trap’ inhibitor, for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).

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 Non-Executive Director, having served for over 7 years on the Board.

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.

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, May 18th at 5:00 pm EDT (Friday, May 19th at 7:00 am AEST).

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.

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 NASDAQ and will take place at the exchange’s world headquarters in New York City (151 West 42nd Street).

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 costs incurred in the 2021/2022 financial year, and represents the amount disclosed in the company’s audited financial statements at 30 June 2022.

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 33rd Annual Healthcare Conference being held virtually on March 13-15, 2023.

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 degeneration (AMD), have been published online in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

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.

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.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT; NASDAQ:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announce that MST Access will host an “Ask the Expert” conference call with Professor Jason S. Slakter, M.D. on Tuesday 13th December 6:30pm – 7:30pm EST USA (Wednesday 14th December 10:30am – 11:30am AEDT).

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT; NASDAQ:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, announce a podium talk will be presented at the annual FLORetina congress, taking place in Rome, Italy from December 8-11, 2022.