Topical Ocular Formulation of Aerpio Pharmaceutical’s AKB-9778 Product Candidate Produced IOP Lowering with Minimal Hyperemia When Combined with Prostaglandin in Subjects with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension in Phase 1b Trial

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARPO), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing compounds that activate Tie2 to treat ocular diseases and diabetic complications, today announced new results from the fifth cohort of subjects from a Phase 1b trial of a topical ocular formulation of AKB-9778 providing evidence of tolerability and IOP reduction from patients in that cohort with ocular hypertension (OHT) or primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). The Phase 1b

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