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Update: Opus Genetics Shares Rise After Reporting Vision Improvement in Phase 1/2 OPGx-BEST1 Trial

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Opus Genetics (IRD) shares jumped 30% in Wednesday trading after it said that patients with Bestrophin-1-related retinal diseases showed clinically meaningful improvement in visual function in the low-dose cohort 1 of its BIRD-1 phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating OPGx-BEST1.

The biopharmaceutical company said the five participants in the trial with BEST1-related retinal diseases showed meaningful visual improvements. It also said four of the five patients showed structural improvements.

There were no serious adverse events, dose-limiting toxicities, or intraocular inflammation reported in the trial.

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