** Shares of drug developer NovaBridge NBP.O rise 6.6% to $3.73 premarket
** Co says its experimental drug, VIS-101, improved vision in people with wet age-related macular degeneration, a disease that damages the retina and causes vision loss in older adults
** Adds patients gained more than 10 letters on a standard eye chart and had reduced retinal swelling in a mid-stage study
** Says nearly half of the 38 patients in the trial needed no additional treatment for six months after three doses
** VIS‑101 well tolerated with no serious safety issues - co
** NBP plans larger dose-finding study in second-half of 2026 and global late-stage trial in 2027
** Shares rose nearly four-fold in 2025
(Reporting by Sahil Pandey in Bengaluru)
((Sahil.Pandey@thomsonreuters.com))