MALVERN, Pa., Jan. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocugen, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCGN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing gene therapies to cure blindness diseases and developing a vaccine to fight COVID-19, today announced that it will be participating in H.C. Wainwright’s Bioconnect Conference taking place next week on January 10-13, 2022.
Dr. Shankar Musunuri, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder will virtually present on Monday, January 10, 2022. He will provide an update on COVAXIN™, the investigational COVID-19 vaccine the company is co-developing with Bharat Biotech and is currently under review with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada. He will also present information about Ocugen’s breakthrough modifier gene therapy platform and its flagship asset, OCU400, which begins Phase 1/2 clinical trials in Q1 2022.
H.C. Wainwright Bioconnect Conference
Date/Time: Presentation available on-demand starting at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time (UPDATED) on January 10, 2022
Registration link: https://journey.ct.events/view/c40afb93-b2a5-46fc-bfbd-ff8d7abd0d43
About Ocugen, Inc.
Ocugen, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing gene therapies to cure blindness diseases and developing a vaccine to save lives from COVID-19. Our breakthrough modifier gene therapy platform has the potential to treat multiple retinal diseases with one drug — “one to many,” and our novel biologic product candidate aims to offer better therapy to patients with underserved diseases such as wet age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, and diabetic retinopathy. We are co-developing Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN™ vaccine candidate for COVID-19 in the U.S. and Canadian markets. For more information, please visit www.ocugen.com.
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Ocugen Contact:
Ken Inchausti
Head, Investor Relations & Communications
IR@Ocugen.com
