AMD

LumiThera's Valeda system offers groundbreaking non-invasive treatment for dry AMD, showing extended vision improvement and safety over 4.5 years.

A recent analysis reveals that ellipsoidal zone-retinal pigment epithelial thickness predicts future visual loss in geographic atrophy patients, highlighting early intervention opportunities.

This large database study explored the link between autoimmune problems and AMD.

Optigo Biotherapeutics presents promising preclinical data at ARVO.

The VAN-2401 phase 1 clinical trial will evaluate the use of KH658 for the treatment of wet AMD.

Galimedix Therapeutics advances GAL-101, an oral therapy targeting Alzheimer’s and AMD, completing phase 1 SAD study with promising safety results.

A study reveals that repeated anti-VEGF injections for AMD do not alter retinal vascular metrics over time, ensuring treatment stability.

Katherine Talcott, MD, a retina specialist at Cleveland Clinic, presented findings on EYP-1901 in the phase 2 DAVIO study.

At the ARVO 2025 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nimesh Patel, MD, presented on the LUCIA and LUGANO phase 3 pivotal trials for EYP-1901 against aflibercept for the treatment of wet macular degeneration.

The company announced 27 abstracts at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2025 Annual Meeting from May 4 to 8 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The FDA did not agree with a supplemental Biologics License Application for the addition of extended dosing intervals of up to 24 weeks across currently-approved indications.

Insights from a genome-wide association study identify novel genetic loci

Authors of the study believe this potential will provide clinicians with valuable information about patient responses to treatment.

The annual ARVO meeting will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah and feature presentation on clinical trials from around the globe.

A decision on a longer dosing duration for the high-dose formulation is expected by April 20, 2025.

This agreement allows a launch in the US in the second half of 2026 or earlier in certain circumstances.

The announcement follows the decision to discontinue the COAST and ShORe trials in wet age-related macular degeneration after the COAST trial failed to meet its primary end point.

Compensation techniques in swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography improve accuracy by correcting signal loss from drusen and other artifacts

A Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of August 27, 2025, was set by the organization.

The study considered the economic disease burden on both the patient and the caregivers, the first such study of its kind.

The decision to discontinue the trials comes shortly after the announcement that COAST missed its primary endpoint.

The trial evaluated sozinibercept (2 mg) every 4 or 8 weeks in combination with aflibercept (2 mg), as per label, every 8 weeks after a loading phase for the treatment of wet AMD.

The combined companies will operate under the name Kalaris Therapeutics, Inc. and expects to report initial data from part 1 of its ongoing phase 1 clinical trial of TH103 in treatment-naïve nAMD patients in the second half of 2025.

RPESC-RPE-4W is a proprietary retinal pigment epithelium cell therapy for patients with dry age-related macular degeneration.

4D-150 is a potential backbone therapy that is designed to provide multi-year sustained delivery of anti-VEGF (aflibercept and anti-VEGF-C) from the retina with a single, safe, intravitreal injection.

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