Lynda Charters

Topical chloroprocaine hydrochloride ophthalmic gel 3% (IHEEZO, Harrow) resulted in less pain f following intravitreal injections in patients undergoing same-day bilateral intravitreal injections.

The FDA issued a recall notice for an eye drop designed to relieve ocular redness, itching, burning, and watery eyes. The Class II recall alerts consumers and physicians to possible temporary or reversible health effects, but serious harm is unlikely.

Researchers in the UK have developed a new treatment approach for aniridia-related keratopathy (ARK), a rare genetic ocular disease, namely, a collagen scaffold that delivers limbal epithelial stem cells and stromal stem cells to the area affected by ARK. The treatment resulted in improved ocular surface scores and visual acuities.

The Jack McGovern Coats' Disease Foundation has announced the initiation of new research to develop the first validated animal model of Coats' Disease, a rare eye disorder that primarily affects children.

Patient enrollment is complete in a phase 3 registrational, or pivotal, trial to evaluate OPGx-LCA5, a gene therapy that is under investigation for treating Leber congenital amaurosis type 5-associated inherited retinal disease.

An investigational treatment for vision loss associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome is being tested in the first three patients treated.

This article discusses the current treatments being investigated during the first half of 2026.

An investigational drug has shown positive activity against metastatic uveal melanoma in a phase 1 study.

The phase 2 Early Vitrectomy and Intravitreal Antibiotics for Post-Operative Exogenous Endophthalmitis study showed that performing early vitrectomy for acute endophthalmitis can offer better and faster visual outcomes than the current treatment of prescribing antibiotics first.

A study of YB-101, a potential treatment for both Graves' disease and thyroid eye disease, has begun dosing the first patients. The molecule receive Fast Track Designation from the FDA.

Intravitreal injection of 2% hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) dispersive viscoelastic (Eyefill HD; Bausch+Lomb) improved vision and restored ocular anatomy in eyes with structural hypotony that had visual potential.

Danon disease is a rare, multisystem X-linked genetic disorder caused by variants in the LAMP2 gene. In children and young adults, it is defined overwhelmingly by its cardiac effects . What is far less appreciated is that the eye is frequently involved and that the retinal findings can appear before the systemic diagnosis is established.

PRIMA, the first brain-computer interface approved for form vision restoration (reading letters, numbers, words) in patients with geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration, is commercially available in Europe.

Inflammasome Therapeutics announced positive phase 2 results achieved by kamuvudine-8 (K8), its investigational drug, for geographic atrophy (GA) and a good safety signal over the 6-month period of evaluation. The company also reported significantly slower GA progression and a visual acuity advantage.

Rare retinal diseases initially were the primary targets of gene therapy, but that is no longer the case. The focus has expanded beyond those to also include more common, chronic diseases such as diabetic macular edema and wet age-related macular degeneration. During the first half of 2026, that trend was evident.

Rising star in Ophthalmology, Nicholas Riina, MS, focuses on artificial intelligence and uses robotics training to enhance glaucoma diagnosis.

The long-term outcomes after primary scleral buckling procedures for rhegmatogenous retinal detachments showed high anatomic success, improved vision, and a good safety profile.

A new survey has discovered a gap between the value parents place on children's vision and the comprehensive eye care that teens and young adults receive.

The FDA issued a nationwide recall of a steroid eye drop.