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Under the Phase II grant, Plex intends to advance its lead anti-cataract drug candidate, CAP4196 through preclinical and IND enabling studies to gain clearance from the FDA to initiate its first-in-human clinical trials for the non-surgical treatment of cataracts.
The funds will be used to optimize and develop the already identified lead candidate for advancement into in-vivo proof of concept translational studies.