Company Profile for Othera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Othera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (www.othera.com) is a privately-held, ophthalmic pharmaceutical company located in Exton, Pennsylvania. Othera is developing proprietary drugs to treat or prevent the three leading causes of blindness and vision impairment in the world - cataracts, age-related macular degeneration Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) Degeneration of the macula (the central part of the retina where the rods and cones are most dense) that leads to loss of central vision in people over 60. (AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ) and glaucoma glaucoma (glôkō`mə), ocular disorder characterized by pressure within the eyeball caused by an excessive amount of aqueous humor (the fluid substance filling the eyeball). . The Company's lead drug, OT-551, is a potent antioxidant antioxidant, substance that prevents or slows the breakdown of another substance by oxygen. Synthetic and natural antioxidants are used to slow the deterioration of gasoline and rubber, and such antioxidants as vitamin C (ascorbic acid), butylated hydroxytoluene eyedrop formulation to prevent the development of cataracts and AMD. Othera's novel beta-blocker drug, OT-730, is an eyedrop treatment for glaucoma that is designed to provide the same efficacy as current glaucoma therapies, but without the systemic side effects Side effects Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm. normally associated with this drug class.
Company: Othera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Headquarters Address: 730 Springdale Drive
Exton, PA 19341
Main Telephone: 484-897-2800
Website: www.othera.com
Type of Organization: Private
Industry: Health: Pharmaceutical
Key Executives: CEO: David Joseph
Exec. VP and CSO: William L. Matier, Ph.D.
VP Chemistry: Ghanshyam Patil, Ph.D.
Public Relations
Contact: Bill Berry
Phone: 212-253-8881
Email: bberry@berrypr.com
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