6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of April 2024

Commission File No. 001-39621

OPTHEA LIMITED

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Level 4

650 Chapel Street

South Yarra, Victoria, 3141

Australia

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Press Release - Opthea to Present at the OIS Retina Innovation Summit at ARVO

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

OPTHEA LIMITED
(Registrant)
By:	/s/ Frederic Guerard
Name:	Frederic Guerard
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Date: 04/25/2024

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

ASX, Nasdaq and Media Release

25 April 2024

Opthea to Present at the OIS Retina Innovation Summit at ARVO

Melbourne, Australia and Princeton, NJ, April 25, 2024 -- Opthea Limited (ASX/NASDAQ:OPT “Opthea”, the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, including wet age-related macular degeneration, today announced that Dr. Frederic Guerard, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Opthea, will present the Company’s clinical-stage pipeline, as well as its innovation agenda, at the OIS Retina Innovation Summit prior to the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting on May 4, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.

OIS Retina Innovation Summit Details

Session	Innovation Showcase
Date:	Saturday, May 4, 2024
Time:	8:35 to 9:50 a.m. PDT
Presenter:	Frederic Guerard, PharmD, CEO

About Opthea

Opthea (ASX/NASDAQ:OPT) is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to address the unmet need in the treatment of highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, including wet age-related macular degeneration
(wet AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME).

Opthea’s lead product candidate, sozinibercept, is being evaluated in two pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials (COAST, NCT04757636, and ShORe, NCT04757610) for use in combination with standard-of-care anti-VEGF-A monotherapies to improve overall efficacy and deliver superior vision gains compared to standard-of-care anti-VEGF-A agents. To learn more, visit our website and follow us on X and LinkedIn.

 

Authorized for release to ASX by Fred Guerard, CEO

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