Regal Investment Fund (ASX:RF1) investment manager, Regal Funds Management, confirmed that it holds a 5.6% stake in Opthea (ASX: OPT) prior to the biopharmaceutical company's results of its study, according to a Tuesday filing with the Australian bourse.
Opthea said Monday that its Combination OPT-302 with Aflibercept (COAST) study in patients with age-related Macular Degeneration, failed to meet its primary endpoint and added there is significant doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.