Kiora Announces the Acceptance of Late-Breaking Abstract on Phase 1b Study of KIO-301 in Retinitis Pigmentosa at The American Society of Neuroradiology 2023 Meeting
Encinitas, California--(Newsfile Corp. - March 30, 2023) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") announced its late-breaking abstract detailing functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) results from the ABACUS Phase 1b study of KIO-301 in patients with retinitis pigmentosa was accepted for presentation on May 1, 2023, at The American Society of Neuroradiology 2023 (ASNR23) Annual Meeting.Christen Barras, MBBS, Ph.D., Neuroradiologist at Jones Radiology,...
2023-03-30 7:00 AM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Reports 2022 Financial Results; Provides Update on Clinical Development Progress
Encinitas, California--(Newsfile Corp. - March 23, 2023) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") today is providing a business update and reporting financial results for the year ended December 31, 2022.CEO Commentary: "In 2022, we advanced our pipeline of three differentiated assets across rare, orphan and underserved eye disease indications," said Brian M. Strem, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Kiora. "Enrollment is ongoing in our Phase 1b...
2023-03-23 7:00 AM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Announces the Acceptance of Three Abstracts at the 2023 ARVO Annual Meeting
Encinitas, California--(Newsfile Corp. - March 10, 2023) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") today announced three abstract acceptances for oral and poster presentation at the 2023 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) meeting in New Orleans, La., April 23-27, 2023. Further results from each of these three studies will be reported at the conference.A presentation will report interim results on safety, tolerability and efficacy from...
2023-03-10 7:00 AM EST
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Receives Investigational New Drug Approval for Phase 2 Study of KIO-101 for Treatment of Ocular Presentation of Autoimmune Diseases
Encinitas, California--(Newsfile Corp. - February 7, 2023) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") today announced it has received investigational new drug application approval for a Phase 2 study of KIO-101 for the treatment of the Ocular Presentation of Rheumatoid Arthritis and other autoimmune diseases (OPRA+). This study will enroll approximately 120 patients in a multi-center, controlled, randomized, double-masked trial assessing the safety and efficacy...
2023-02-07 7:00 AM EST
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Enters into Two Equity Purchase Agreements with Lincoln Park Capital
Encinitas, California--(Newsfile Corp. - February 3, 2023) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX) ("Kiora" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a common stock purchase agreement for a committed equity financing (the "Purchase Agreement") with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC ("LPC"), a long-standing investor in the Company. Under the Purchase Agreement and subject to certain terms and conditions including effectiveness of a related resale registration statement, the...
2023-02-03 7:00 AM EST
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Highlights Anticipated Clinical and Corporate Milestones for 2023; Webcast Now Available on Company Website
Retinitis Pigmentosa and another in patients with persistent corneal epithelial defects - - Expects to initiate Phase 2 trial in autoimmune disease patients experiencing ocular surface disease - Encinitas, California--(Newsfile Corp. - January 9, 2023) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX) ("Kiora" or the "Company") today announced that its president...
2023-01-09 7:00 AM EST
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment of Clinical Trial Evaluating KIO-201 for Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defects; Results Expected to be Reported in 1H 2023
Encinitas, California--(Newsfile Corp. - January 3, 2023) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX) ("Kiora" or the "Company") today announced enrollment has been completed in its clinical study evaluating KIO-201 in patients with Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defects ("PCED"), a rare ocular condition characterized by non-healing wounds on the surface of the eye. Results from the study are expected to be reported at an upcoming medical conference in the first half of 2023."This study is an...
2023-01-03 7:01 AM EST
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Enters Into Agreements to Raise $3.12 Million From the Exercise of Previously Issued Class A Warrants
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - November 18, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX) ("Kiora" or the "Company") announced today it has entered into warrant inducement offer letters to raise $3.12 million in gross proceeds from the exercise of 654,609 Class A warrants issued in the Company's public offering from July 2022. On November 17, 2022, the Company reduced the exercise price of all Class A warrants from $8.00 per share to $4.77 per share. On such date,...
2022-11-18 8:30 AM EST
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Doses First Patient in ABACUS Phase 1b Study Evaluating KIO-301 for Retinitis Pigmentosa
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - November 17, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX) ("Kiora" or the "Company") announced today the dosing of the first patient in a first-in-human open-label clinical trial for KIO-301, intended to restore vision loss in patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). RP is a rare, inherited genetic eye disease resulting in degeneration of the retinal photoreceptors (rods and cones) and often significant loss of functional vision."We are thrilled...
2022-11-17 6:45 AM EST
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Provides 3rd Quarter 2022 Business and Financial Update; Dosing of KIO-301 in Phase 1 Trial for Retinitis Pigmentosa to Begin Before Year's End
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - November 9, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") today is providing a business update and reporting financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.Management Discussion: "We're advancing a diverse development pipeline of three differentiated assets across rare and narrowly-defined patient populations requiring new treatment options for ophthalmic disease," said Brian M. Strem, Ph.D.,...
2022-11-09 6:45 AM EST
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Phase 1 Trial Results for KIO-100 as a Treatment for Ocular Inflammatory Disease
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - October 17, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") announced that results from a Phase 1 study of KIO-100 (formerly PP-001) demonstrate its potential as a treatment for non-infectious uveitis, an ophthalmic inflammatory disease. The results were published today in a paper titled "A new small molecule DHODH-inhibitor [KIO-100 (PP-001)] targeting activated T cells for intraocular treatment of uveitis - a phase I...
2022-10-17 8:00 AM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Listing Requirements
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - October 13, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") announced today that it has received a Bid Price Compliance Letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") on October 12, 2022 informing Kiora that it has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.Kiora was previously notified by Nasdaq on February 23, 2022...
2022-10-13 6:45 AM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals to Implement 1-for-40 Reverse Split
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - September 26, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX) ("Kiora" or the "Company") announced that its stockholders authorized a reverse stock split of the Company's common stock. Following the annual stockholder meeting, the board of directors approved a reverse stock split of one share of common stock for every 40 shares of common stock. On The NASDAQ Capital Market, trading on a split-adjusted basis is expected to begin on Tuesday, September...
2022-09-26 6:45 AM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Appoints Melissa Tosca as Executive Vice President of Finance
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - September 13, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX) ("Kiora" or the "Company") has appointed Melissa Tosca as Executive Vice President of Finance. Mrs. Tosca will join the executive management team and oversee finance, SEC reporting and accounting functions as well as play a role in the company's capital markets strategy and planning. "Melissa brings to our company more than 15 years of financial and operational experience in both clinical...
2022-09-13 6:45 AM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Reports First Half 2022 Business Update and Financial Results
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - August 12, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") today is reporting financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022."In the first half, we continued to advance three core programs toward their next phase of clinical development," said Brian M. Strem, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Kiora. "With the recent financing, we are now in a position to continue advancing these programs,...
2022-08-12 6:45 AM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Issued US Patent Covering KIO-201 Technology in Combination with Antibiotics
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - July 28, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX) ("Kiora" or the "Company") has been granted a U.S. patent covering hydrogel-based sustained release platforms, inclusive of KIO-201, which enable controlled release of antibiotics for the treatment of ocular diseases. The intellectual property, US Patent No. 11,376,214, relates to non-blurring, antibiotic-containing hydrogel compositions that have an extended contact time on the eye and have...
2022-07-28 6:45 AM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Announces Closing of $6.0 Million Underwritten Public Offering and Full Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - July 26, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") today announced the closing of an underwritten public offering for gross proceeds of approximately $6.0 million, which includes full exercise of the underwriter's over-allotment option to purchase additional shares and warrants, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.The offering was comprised of (i) 23,695,697 shares of...
2022-07-26 4:38 PM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of $5.2 Million Underwritten Public Offering
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - July 22, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering for gross proceeds of approximately $5.2 million prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.The offering is comprised of (i) 19,770,172 shares of common stock, (ii) 1,280 shares of Series E convertible preferred stock, (iii) 26,170,172 Class A Warrants with an exercise...
2022-07-22 8:30 AM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Announces First Patient Enrolled in Phase 2 Study Evaluating KIO-201 for Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defects
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - July 5, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX), ("Kiora" or the "Company") today announced enrolling the first patient as a part of a Phase 2 study evaluating KIO-201 topical eye drops in patients with Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defect (PCED), a rare ocular surface condition characterized by non-healing wounds on the eye surface. "We believe KIO-201 has the potential to address a rare ophthalmic condition in patients who have limited...
2022-07-05 6:45 AM EDT
Kiora Pharmaceuticals Receives Clinical Trial Approval for First-in-Human Evaluation of KIO-301 to Restore Vision in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa
Salt Lake City, Utah--(Newsfile Corp. - June 27, 2022) - Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX) ("Kiora" or the "Company") received approval to initiate a first-in-human clinical trial for KIO-301, which is intended to restore lost vision in patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare, inherited genetic eye disease that causes severe loss of functional vision due to degeneration of the retinal photoreceptors (rods and cones). The ABACUS study is a Phase 1b open label, single ascending dose...
2022-06-27 6:53 AM EDT