ThromboGenics struggles to find patients for eye disease study

8 December 2017
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Belgian biotech ThromboGenics (Euronext Brussels: THR) is scrapping its Phase II CIRCLE study of THR-409 (ocriplasmin), as not enough patients have signed up.

In Brussels, as investors reacted bearishly to the announcement, the company’s share price dropped nearly a fifth in morning trading.

The trial was planned to investigate the candidate for non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR).

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