{"id":983064,"date":"2026-07-21T07:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/okyo-pharma-announces-purchase-of-shares-by-chairman\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T07:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:04:14","slug":"okyo-pharma-announces-purchase-of-shares-by-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/okyo-pharma-announces-purchase-of-shares-by-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"OKYO Pharma Announces Purchase of Shares by Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p align=\"left\">LONDON and NEW YORK, July  21, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; OKYO Pharma Limited (Nasdaq:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=idNqvDH28mKNsnydOlTCVwVQ6s0J3dgK5a2g8jobnJSEIo4Ld4UNFhnRu4G_YdfHW9WxYlofbYlmQw70Dejj_fAxtCzVy2aOgVw1W7X4RYuOqMUhFiduMAQa6JOe1mID\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">OKYO<\/a>), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing investigational therapies for the treatment of neuropathic corneal pain (NCP) and anterior segment eye diseases, today announced that its Chairman, Mr. Gabriele Cerrone, through Panetta Partners Ltd, an entity in which he has a beneficial interest, has increased his holdings with the purchase of 25,000 ordinary shares at $1.40 per share, bringing his total holding to 10,851,416 ordinary shares, which is 20.51% of issued share capital.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>About OKYO<\/strong><br \/>\n        <strong>Pharma <\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>OKYO Pharma Limited (Nasdaq: OKYO) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of neuropathic corneal pain (NCP) and anterior segment eye diseases, with ordinary shares listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market. OKYO plans to initiate a global Phase 3 pivotal clinical trial in the second half of this year, enrolling approximately 111 patients to evaluate a single-dose regimen of urcosimod for the treatment of NCP.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=ako_u2P9jXWi0ja-gAk6eqsU7BIgQrcQpH9SYw-yNp8lkZgBGlknE-a2ZIdGykXz7vQdQpAJ-ghMWkDUqOxbkE6FPArDxUu9gbhZG4TOW1I=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.okyopharma.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>For further inquiries:<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>OKYO Pharma Ltd<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>Paul Spencer<br \/>Business Development and Investor Relations<br \/>+44 (0) 207 495 2379<br \/>Email: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=Yf_vmQfGOfdt7klGu7EwDht9ZYBZceEFnS-oOOxgR7llD3kptUD50ROwWr7YsHTCNrubRRwktw8N2dXzqziW8AxgnK7FfrtkFaeD9U6fbRk=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">info@okyopharma.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=OTc2NTM0MyM3NzE1MzcxIzIyMDE0NDM=\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/media\/MTdhMzM5YjQtOGJmOS00MTExLTgyYzUtOGZmYWRhYjkyNjVjLTEyMTI5OTYtMjAyNi0wNy0yMS1lbg==\/tiny\/OKYO-Pharma-LTD.png\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON and NEW YORK, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; OKYO Pharma Limited (Nasdaq:\u00a0OKYO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing investigational therapies for the treatment of neuropathic corneal pain (NCP) and anterior segment eye diseases, today announced that its Chairman, Mr. Gabriele Cerrone, through Panetta Partners Ltd, an entity in which he has a beneficial interest, has increased his holdings with the purchase of 25,000 ordinary shares at $1.40 per share, bringing his total holding to 10,851,416 ordinary shares, which is 20.51% of issued share capital. About OKYO Pharma OKYO Pharma Limited (Nasdaq: OKYO) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of neuropathic corneal pain (NCP) and anterior segment eye diseases, with ordinary shares listed for trading &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/okyo-pharma-announces-purchase-of-shares-by-chairman\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;OKYO Pharma Announces Purchase of Shares by Chairman&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-983064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>OKYO Pharma Announces Purchase of Shares by Chairman - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/okyo-pharma-announces-purchase-of-shares-by-chairman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OKYO Pharma Announces Purchase of Shares by Chairman - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONDON and NEW YORK, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; OKYO Pharma Limited (Nasdaq:\u00a0OKYO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing investigational therapies for the treatment of neuropathic corneal pain (NCP) and anterior segment eye diseases, today announced that its Chairman, Mr. Gabriele Cerrone, through Panetta Partners Ltd, an entity in which he has a beneficial interest, has increased his holdings with the purchase of 25,000 ordinary shares at $1.40 per share, bringing his total holding to 10,851,416 ordinary shares, which is 20.51% of issued share capital. 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