Retina

When paired with SD-OCT, the device also can be used to evaluate photoreceptors.

Carl D. Regillo, MD, and Jennifer I. Lim, MD, emphasize the high regulatory standards of equivalence and safety of biosimilars in considering the role they will play in the evolving treatment landscape for retinal disorders.

Carl D. Regillo, MD, and Jennifer I. Lim, MD, talk about the potential cost savings as well as other real-world implications associated with the use of biosimilars in clinical practice.

Researchers in Trinity’s School of Genetics and Microbiology developed a new gene therapy, ophNdi1, that is the first of its kind to directly target mitochondrial function in cells that are malfunctioning in AMD.

A test to detect and quantify TDP-43 deposits in the retina provides this capability for the first time and can be performed using commercially available and widely utilized diagnostic cameras.

In embryonic stages, tactile stimuli simultaneously activate tactile and visual neural pathways. Shortly after birth, both pathways reorganize to allow separate processing of touch and vision. The change of pathway is facilitated by the activity waves of the retina, which act as railroads that direct the stimuli of each sensory modality to the corresponding cortex, so that we can perceive them separately.

Carl D. Regillo, MD, and Jennifer I. Lim, MD, caution against the ophthalmic use of biosimilar products approved for systemic use. They also review how indications for biosimilars are granted upon approval.

Carl D. Regillo, MD, and Jennifer I. Lim, MD, review clinical trial data for biosimilar products, with interpretation of safety data when comparing to the biologic reference products.

APOE4 gene associated with Alzheimer’s disease risk was found to protect mice from glaucoma. Research team also prevented retinal ganglion cell death by blocking the APOE signaling pathway, pointing to a potential treatment strategy for glaucoma.

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.

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna are focusing on how the retina can be used as a prognostic marker. Analyses revealed that retinal layer thinning as a result of an MS relapse predicts the severity of future relapses and the likelihood of disability.

Carl D. Regillo, MD, and Jennifer I. Lim, MD, discuss how evolving understanding regarding bioequivalence and the safety of biosimilars may lead to their wider use in the treatment of retinal disorders.

Carl D. Regillo, MD, and Jennifer I. Lim, MD, share historical perspective on the safety of biosimilars and their use in medicine.

The study provided evidence of safety, visual acuity improvement and structural stability in a difficult-to-treat patient population.

According to a news release, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Coherus’ ranibizumab-eqrn (Cimerli) as an interchangeable biosimilar for all five indications of Lucentis.

Kodiak Sciences Inc. announced that its BEACON Phase 3 study of tarcocimab, its novel antibody biopolymer conjugate, met the primary endpoint of non-inferior change from baseline in visual acuity at week 24 compared to aflibercept in patients with macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion.

The brain structures with most changes coincide with those which are altered most in Alzheimer’s, according to a study by researchers at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain.

Carl D. Regillo, MD, and Jennifer I. Lim, MD, review the regulatory oversight process regarding biosimilars after they have entered the market.

Carl D. Regillo, MD, and Jennifer I. Lim, MD, provide an overview of the development and clinical evaluation of biosimilar agents.

Retina indications for which ranibizumab-eqrn is interchangeable include neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration; macular edema following retinal vein occlusion; diabetic macular edema; diabetic retinopathy, and myopic choroidal neovascularization.

The discovery of molecular signatures of age-related macular degeneration will help with better diagnosis and treatment of this progressive eye disease.

The doctors will join the Cataract and Primary Eye Care, Glaucoma, and Retina Services.

Positive results from recent pre-clinical studies support the potential of long-acting PASylated nomacopan to advance toward IND/IMPD for clinical trials in geographic atrophy (GA) in dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD), a disease with no approved treatments.

Nadia K. Waheed, MD, MPH, and David M. Brown, MD, discuss the future of intravitreal injections.

Expert ophthalmologists discuss absolute contraindications to intravitreal injections and how to manage patients with contraindications.