Early improvements in OSDI scores and tear osmolarity reinforce lifitegrast’s role in managing inflammation-driven dry eye disease.

At ARVO 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dilsher Dhoot, MD, FASRS, and Mark Barakat, MD, talked about the PHOTON trial, 8 mg versus 2 mg during the matched dosing phase, and outcomes of shortened, maintained, or extended dosing intervals

Dilraj S. Grewal, MD, FASRS, provides an in-depth overview of the current state of research and treatment innovations.

Vakharia insights from the ARCHER trial on geographic atrophy treatment for dry AMD, highlighting promising results and future directions in ophthalmology.

New analysis reveals the ellipsoidal zone's role in predicting geographic atrophy progression, enabling timely interventions to protect photoreceptors.

This partnership aims to address care gaps by identifying untreated and undertreated patients at scale.

Sunir Garg, MD, discusses a challenge in ophthalmological procedures: patient discomfort during intravitreal injections caused by povidone iodine.

Alcon’s dry eye candidate acoltremon 0.003% is a first-in-class thermoreceptor agonist, which stimulates corneal sensory nerves to increase natural tear production to treat the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease.

A conversation with David S. Friedman, MD, PhD, on treating uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma in patients with limited options

Following his keynote address at Controversies in Modern Eye Care, Dr. Maloney said he will be leaving his surgical practice and returning to research.

The investigators described the CASIA2 (Tomey Corporation) instrument, which is a new AS-OCT device with a swept-source laser wavelength of 1,310 nm that can scan at a speed of 50,000 A-scan/second.

The new surgical technique incorporates a new surgical clamp that maintains eye pressure during the insertion of 2 tissue patches in immediate succession while minimizing damage to the surrounding tissue.

A significant proportion of cataract surgery patients exhibit hyperosmolar tear film both before and 1 month after surgery, underscoring preoperative screening and postoperative management to optimize visual outcomes.

ABCA4-associated retinopathies include Stargardt disease, retinitis pigmentosa 19, and cone-rod dystrophy 3.

According to the company, results showed “a meaningful clinical improvement in ocular surface health” and significance for both staining end points at day 15.