• The single global Phase 3 trial, ArMaDa3 (NCT07770828), is the first pivotal gene therapy trial in geographic atrophy (GA)
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted OCU410 Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation, providing enhanced agency engagement throughout development and eligibility for accelerated approval and priority review
• Phase 3 design fully aligned with FDA; Biologics License Application (BLA) filing anticipated in 2028
• OCU410 is designed as a one-time subretinal gene therapy that addresses multiple disease pathways, offering a differentiated approach from approved complement inhibitors in the U.S. which address individual disease pathways and require ongoing intravitreal injections

MALVERN, Pa., Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocugen, Inc. ("Ocugen" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:OCGN), a pioneering biotechnology leader in gene therapies for blindness diseases, today announced that the first patient was dosed in the global Phase 3 registrational trial of OCU410 (AAV5-hRORA), its first-in-class modifier gene therapy candidate for GA secondary to dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD). The Company also highlighted the recent FDA RMAT designation for OCU410, which supports a potential accelerated development and review pathway for the program.

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