Glaucoma Awareness

According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, the collaborative research program will explore some of the common characteristics of glaucoma, Alzheimer’s.

Nanoscope Technologies LLC announced this week it has received Direct Phase II SBIR grant from National Institutes of Health for developing an innovative approach to autonomously regulate pressure for treatment of Glaucoma in a gene-agnostic manner.

In a poster presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s 2022 annual meeting in Chicago, Yu-Yen Chen, MD, PhD, noted that patients diagnosed with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease compared with those without NTG.

Genotyping and artificial intelligence are together starting to predict the progression of glaucoma in individual patients, sparing them from suboptimal treatments and adverse effects. Recent research efforts are exploring modifiable risk factors such as caffeine consumption.

A research team led by the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong, with collaborators from the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and local and international partners, have developed a new technology ROTA to unveil the optical texture and trajectories of the axonal fiber bundles on the retina.

Timing of type 2 diabetes or hypertension diagnosis may impact the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma.

According to researchers, findings could lead to new screening protocols to catch glaucoma early and preserve vision.

The research points to the importance of isolating offending organism.

According to Sarah Van Tassel, MD, physicians may need to recognize issues and treat patients more holistically.

According to Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, as little as $65 per year appears to influence practitioners, making them up to twice as likely to prescribe the companies’ brand name eyedrops for glaucoma instead of cheaper generic versions.

Bausch + Lomb has made an equity investment in Sanoculis and has entered into an exclusive European distribution agreement for MIMS minimally invasive surgical procedure.

The lower energy applications and slower sweep speeds offer marked IOP reductions in patients.

A team of investigators from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore has found that there is a bidirectional association between chronic kidney disease and glaucoma.

The research is the result of a national collaboration led by investigators from the Centre for Eye Research Australia at the University of Melbourne and University of Tasmania and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.

According to the company, no safety concerns with corneal endothelial health reported across all 3 trials, and the device delivered consistent results up to two-year follow-up in patients across Central and South America, Asia and Europe.

Two grants will be available, each offering $150,000 to scientists focusing on glaucoma research who have already received their first independent federal National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant and are collecting new and novel data to apply for a second R01.

A recent study of cannabinol in in vitro and in vivo glaucoma models, demonstrated encouraging results that may address some of the previous challenges associated with cannabis use and may present a new potential therapeutic intervention in the treatment of glaucoma.

In advance of World Glaucoma Week March 6-12, a study of 3826 patients with glaucoma has found significantly higher odds of self-reported difficulty affording medication observed among non-Hispanic African American and Hispanic individuals compared with non-Hispanic White individuals.

The company’s new technology, which targets the eye’s conventional outflow pathway, is expected to have full commercial availability on April 1.

A team of investigators found that sigma 1 receptor, which is known to protect cells from stress, could turn out to be key to the function and survival of the neurons most impacted by glaucoma.

The glaucoma toolbox is expanding to include laser, drug delivery systems, and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery.

The company is revealing the 8-year follow up results of its novel Elios Excimer Laser Trabeculostomy procedure combined with cataract surgery.

The GMOPC was established in February 2020 at an inaugural meeting in Los Angeles, California, as an investigator-initiated clinical research study, with Heidelberg Engineering as an industry partner.

According to the company, the protocol enhancement for the RETeval Device marks an important step in mitigating vision loss from glaucoma.

Mahmoud A. Khaimi, MD, developed a minimally invasive glaucoma surgery known as ab-interno canaloplasty as a treatment option between topical therapies and invasive surgery. The technique continues to prove its value.

The company’s IOPerfect combines artificial intelligence in a VR-like headset to allow tele-diagnosis and remote monitoring of glaucoma.

Alcon this week announced its plans to acquire glaucoma surgery device maker Ivantis Inc. in a $475 million deal.

Investigators in Australia are developing a new rapid screening test for glaucoma that could help advance early detection of the disease.

A coalition of vision groups held a briefing on Capitol Hill this week to educate legislators on increasing incidence of myopia and the associated cost burden.