Jay Duker
Analyst · JPMorgan
Thank you, George. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. The start of 2026 for EyePoint was marked by a strong quarter of consistent execution as we approach a pivotal inflection point for our lead program, DURAVYU. We have strong conviction that the upcoming LUGANO and LUCIA readouts will catalyze our future transition into a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company, furthering our mission of improving the lives of patients with serious retinal disease. We remain on track to deliver these Phase III top line data in wet age-related macular degeneration or wet AMD, beginning mid-year, positioning us to potentially be the first to market among all current investigational sustained release programs. In Diabetic Macular Edema, or DME, we are seeing strong momentum in our Phase III program with enrollment rapidly progressing to support our ambitious goal of full enrollment in both pivotal trials in the third quarter of 2026. As we advance towards these significant milestones, we are confident that our clinically-rigorous, derisked and patient-centric approach will continue to reinforce DURAVYU's best-in-class potential in the 2 largest retinal disease markets. The fundamental strength of the DURAVYU program lies in its robust and differentiated clinical data. In Phase II trials, a single dose of DURAVYU demonstrated durable efficacy with improved vision and tight anatomic control. In over 190 patients across 4 completed clinical trials, DURAVYU has demonstrated a consistently favorable safety profile with no safety signals. That profile continues to hold in our ongoing Phase III LUGANO and LUCIA trials for wet AMD as observed on a mass basis, where our low discontinuation rate of about 5% remains well below the 10% yearly average typical for wet AMD trials. Importantly, none of these discontinuations were related to treatment. At this stage, all patients across the LUGANO and LUCIA trials have reached the week-32 visit, during which patients in the DURAVYU arms received their second DURAVU dose. Over 35% of those patients have since received their third planned dose of DURAVU at week 56. As a reminder, we received 2 consecutive positive recommendations from the independent Data Safety Monitoring Committee with a third review scheduled for later this month. We are optimistic that the interim masked safety data will continue to remain consistent, further strengthening DURAVYU's clinical profile. In addition, we believe the multi-mechanism of action or MOA of DURAVYU's active ingredient, vorolanib, will prove to be a key clinical differentiator. Along with blocking all VEGF isoforms and PDGF at the receptor level, preclinical data supports vorolanib's ability to inhibit IL-6 signaling via the JAK1 receptor. With this unique ability to not only address both the vascular leakage and inflammation that contributes to retinal disease pathogenesis, but also potentially provide sustained release efficacy, DURAVYU is uniquely designed to deliver wide-reaching therapeutic potential. Earlier this week, we presented peer-reviewed data at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, or ARVO meeting that reinforces these findings and further substantiate DURAVYU's potential to improve long-term outcomes for patients. A primary kinase screen and subsequent measure of IC50 levels identified vorolanib as a potent inhibitor of JAK1, which plays a critical role in IL-6 mediated inflammation. In addition, vorolanib proved to be a potent inhibitor of IL-6 leakage in an in vitro cellular model. This data further highlights the multi-MOA potential of DURAVYU with the opportunity to bring a synergistic anti-inflammatory effect in addition to established VEGF and PDGF inhibition to the treatment of wet AMD and DME. As we near top line data for our Phase III wet AMD program, it's worth remembering the key elements underpinning its thoughtful design. Our approach is derisked, following an established non-inferiority regulatory pathway. Both pivotal trials are identical and compared DURAVYU to on-label 2-milligram aflibercept, which is intended to reflect real-world practice and generate clinically-relevant data to inform the retina community. Additionally, both trials are evaluating 6-month redosing and statistical superiority in treatment burden reduction to support the potential for a compelling label that addresses the need for effective, durable disease control. Taken together, we believe our Phase III program is well positioned to deliver data that will build upon our positive clinical development track record and contribute to strong commercial positioning for DURAVYU, if approved. We look forward to reporting top line data from our Phase III wet AMD trial, LUGANO, this summer with our second trial, LUCIA to follow shortly thereafter. We are applying the same derisked approach to our Phase III DME program, which leverages a non-inferiority design, an on-label 2-milligram aflibercept control, and redosing every 6 months. Similar to our wet AMD program, we designed our pivotal trials for DME based on impressive data from the Phase II VERONA study in which DURAVYU demonstrated rapid efficacy with 4 to 5 letters of vision improvement and approximately 50-micron improvement in anatomic control compared to aflibercept at week 4. Both of our DME trials, COMO and CAPRI are now underway with over 1/3 of patients enrolled across both trials following first patient dosing at the end of February of this year. Our strong pace of enrollment is driven by our ability to leverage our pre-existing clinical trial infrastructure and investigator network as well as the significantly smaller trial size compared to our wet AMD program. We expect top line data in the second half of 2027. Stepping back, both wet AMD and DME together represent the vast majority of the global branded retinal disease treatment market with a combined branded opportunity totaling nearly $15 billion in the U.S. and growing. Through exceptional clinical leadership and commitment to serving the retinal community, we are positioning DURAVYU to become a durable franchise with blockbuster potential. With a unique multi-MOA, robust clinical data package, proven delivery technology, the ability to be shipped and stored at ambient temperatures and administration via standard in-office intravitreal injection, DURAVYU represents a compelling and truly innovative product profile that has the potential to reshape the treatment paradigm for serious retinal diseases. We continue to make significant strides in our commercial readiness while remaining disciplined in our investments as we prepare for regulatory submission. We have thoughtfully grown our organization with the addition of Michael Campbell as Chief Commercial Officer last quarter. In addition to expansion across key areas such as marketing and market access, regulatory, compliance and medical affairs to build on our organizational capabilities as we advance our launch planning and strategy for DURAVYU in wet AMD. In addition to progress on our commercial readiness activities, we continue to prioritize CMC readiness. Our cGMP facility in Northbridge, Massachusetts has been online for over a year, supporting our plans for an anticipated CMC submission for our potential new drug application or NDA as well as for commercial supply, if approved. We continue to prepare for pre-approval inspection, underscoring our growing independent commercial readiness that we believe will ensure our preparedness to deliver DURAVYU to patients upon potential approval. Before passing it over to George to review the financials, I'd like to thank the entire EyePoint team for your unwavering commitment to improving the quality of retinal care. We are proud to support the retina community and grateful to the patients, study coordinators and clinical investigators who enable our research. We look forward to our upcoming Phase III wet AMD readouts together with continued progress in our DME program, which we believe sets the stage for meaningful value creation at EyePoint. I will now turn the call over to George.