Ocuphire Pharma, Inc. announced the appointment of Jay S. Pepose, M.D., Ph.D., to its Board of Directors. Concurrent to Dr. Pepose’s appointment at Ocuphire’s annual shareholder meeting on June 7, 2021 Alan Meyer, MBA, retired from his role on the Board of Directors, having served since April 2018. Dr. Jay Pepose is a recognized thought leader in the field of ophthalmology, with nearly 40 years of experience as both a treating physician and a widely published researcher. He is the founder and the current Medical Director of the Pepose Vision Institute, and also founded the Midwest Corneal Research Foundation, now the Midwest Vision Research Foundation, as an independent spinout of the Pepose Vision Institute.