OPHTHOTECH CORPORATION (NASDAQ:OPHT) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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OPHTHOTECH CORPORATION (NASDAQ:OPHT) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 below, no other disclosure in the Original Filing is amended by this Form 8-K/A.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
As reported in the Original Filing, at the Annual Meeting, in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors, the Company’s stockholders recommended, by advisory vote, a one-year frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. In accordance with these results and its previous recommendation, the Board of Directors determined that future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation will be held every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation.

About OPHTHOTECH CORPORATION (NASDAQ:OPHT)

Ophthotech Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company specializes in the development of therapeutics to treat diseases of the back of the eye, with a focus on developing therapeutics for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Its advanced product candidate is Fovista, which is for use in combination with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs. It is also developing its product candidate Zimura for the treatment of patients with geographic atrophy, a form of dry AMD, in combination with VEGF therapy for the treatment of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Fovista is being tested in Phase III clinical development. In addition, it has initiated additional clinical trials to evaluate the potential additional benefits of Fovista administered in combination with anti-VEGF drugs in wet AMD patients, known as Fovista Expansion Studies. Zimura has completed a small, multicenter, uncontrolled, open label Phase I/IIa clinical trial.

OPHTHOTECH CORPORATION (NASDAQ:OPHT) Recent Trading Information

OPHTHOTECH CORPORATION (NASDAQ:OPHT) closed its last trading session down -0.06 at 3.59 with 724,133 shares trading hands.