Kassi Filkins

Jacque Duncan, MD, reviews phase 3 DRAGON data on oral tinlarebant for Stargardt disease and its mechanism-related visual effects.

At AAO 2026 Retina Subspecialty Day, SriniVas Sadda, MD, outlined limits of current GA growth metrics and introduced border advancement pace and a location-weighted GA severity score.

At the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2026 Retina Subspecialty Day in New Orleans, Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD, presented 1-year primary end point results from the phase 3 DAYBREAK trial.

Michel Michaelides, MD, discusses phase 3 DRAGON results showing that oral tinlarebant slowed atrophic lesion growth by about 36% in adolescents with Stargardt disease.

A single intravitreal injection improved acuity in Stargardt disease; a randomized trial in geographic atrophy is planned.

Pivotal wet AMD, DME, and XLRP readouts; the MOGENRY BLA; and Retina Society, EURETINA, and ESCRS highlights from September.

Real-world VOYAGER data at EURETINA 2026 show vision and anatomic outcomes with faricimab across nAMD, DME, and RVO.

Could one surgery replace years of GA injections? Phase 2 ArMaDa data suggest gene therapy OCU410 slows lesion growth.

4DMT's 4D-150 gene therapy enters phase 3 4SIGHT trial in DME; 2-year SPECTRA data show +10.8-letter BCVA gain in 9 patients.

Three EURETINA 2026 e-posters examine OCT/OCTA biomarkers and real-world switching to faricimab or aflibercept 8 mg in nAMD.

An industry symposium on intravitreal 4D-150 and a course on subretinal delivery lead gene therapy content at EURETINA 2026, alongside IRD courses and trial readouts.

Tarcocimab, tabirafusp-ted were noninferior to aflibercept in DAYBREAK wet AMD trial; 54% on tarcocimab reached 24-week dosing.

Alessandro Arrigo, MD, describes an early-stage method that uses blue light autofluorescence imaging to grade cataracts objectively. He explains why a reproducible score could help with surgeon selection, IOL power calculation, and retinal image quantification.

At Retina Society 2026, Emily Eton, MD, discusses a 10-center study finding similar exudate control in Coats disease and Coats-like disease in inherited retinal diseases, with more injections needed in the IRD group.

Jesse L. Berry, MD, discusses prospective data on aqueous humor liquid biopsy in retinoblastoma and explains how molecular markers from the aqueous are beginning to guide recurrence risk, treatment intensity, and the workup of otherwise diagnostically inaccessible intraocular lesions.

At Retina Society 2026, Eileen Hwang, MD, PhD, discusses a meta-analysis finding a 1.78 times higher retinal detachment rate in COL2A1 vs COL11A1 Stickler syndrome and the case for prophylactic laser.

At Retina Society 2026, Nimesh Patel, MD, discusses how stage 2 ROP before 34 weeks raises the treatment rate and why he urges early referral and a risk-tailored approach to care.

Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD, reviews LUGANO safety and treatment burden data, including a 42% injection reduction with vorolanib insert vs aflibercept, despite a missed primary end point.

Dilsher S. Dhoot, MD, FASRS, breaks down the Phase 3 SOL-1 results on intravitreal axitinib hydrogel (OTX-TKI) and aflibercept on vision maintenance.

Christine Kay, MD, discusses 4-year REMAIN data showing durable visual acuity gains with MCO-010, a mutation-agnostic intravitreal optogenetic therapy for advanced retinitis pigmentosa.

EURETINA President Nicole Eter, MD, picks the sessions busy clinicians should follow at the 26th EURETINA Congress in Vienna, from durability data to AI. She also explains why early referral is still the most effective retina treatment.

Anat Loewenstein, MD, previews EURETINA 2026 Vienna: the Innovation Spotlight, 17 sessions, symposia, and more.

RCA's first State of Retina Care report surveys 115+ affiliated specialists on access, practice pressures, and clinical research.

Alessandro Arrigo, MD, previews an ESCRS 2026 presentation on a patent-pending method that adapts blue light autofluorescence confocal imaging to grade cataracts objectively. The approach yielded reproducible numeric indices that correlated with both expert LOCS III scores and measurable loss of retinal image quality.

Benjamin Bakall, MD, PhD, weighs the RESTORE efficacy and safety data, the practical realities of in-office delivery, and how genotype-independent treatment reshapes candidacy and patient counseling.

The authors of a review of 16 gene therapy trials for inherited retinal diseases explain why the pediatric evidence base remains thin and argue that individual-level, age-stratified reporting is the change most needed before CRISPR-based editing reaches children.

Majda Hadziahmetovic, MD, on MacTel neovascular warning signs, urgent referral, and how Encelto reshapes screening.

The FDA accepted Nanoscope's BLA for MOGENRY (sonpiretigene isteparvovec, MC-010), a gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa with severe vision loss, supported by RESTORE trial data showing sustained BCVA improvement.

Dante Pieramici, MD, discusses the phase 3 COMO and CAPRI trials of EYP-1901 in diabetic macular edema and what 6-month dosing could mean for treatment burden.

Dante Pieramici, MD, on how a sustained-release TKI dosed every six months could cut clinic volume, ease treatment burden, and protect patients who otherwise disappear from care.