Retina

In his presentation at ASRS 2021, Dr Michael Singer divulges the results of the phase 2 study of formulations used to decrease macular oedema in patients with retinal vein occlusion.

XIPERE, the first therapy utilising the suprachoroidal space, demonstrates rapid efficacy, durable benefit and favourable safety profile.

Patients can get real-time disease monitoring with self-operated device.

Susvimo, formerly called the Port Delivery System with ranibizumab, is a first-of-its-kind therapeutic approach for wet AMD and may help people with the disease maintain their vision with as few as two treatments per year.

Dr W. Lloyd Clark discusses his presentation at ASRS 2021, "Impact of nonperfusion and leakage areas on diabetic macular oedema/vision-threatening complications in nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR)."

Improvements are seen after gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis.

According to a team of French investigators, every patient hospitalized with severe COVID-19 cases in their study had retinal and choroidal anomalies on indocyanine green angiography and optical coherence tomography images that were possibly related to the virus.

Bausch + Lomb and Clearside Biomedical announced Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved XIPERE (triamcinolone acetonide injectable suspension) for suprachoroidal use for the treatment of macular edema associated with uveitis.

Dr Leo Kim discusses his presentation at ASRS 2021, entitled "Rho-kinase inhibition on an in vitro patient-derived model of proliferative vitreoretinopathy."

Leo Kim, MD, PhD, discusses his presentation at ASRS 2021, entitled "Rho-kinase inhibition on an in vitro patient-derived model of proliferative vitreoretinopathy."

Retinopathy of prematurity expert C. Armitage Harper, III, MD, of the Austin Retina Associates in Austin, Texas, discusses his experience in treating ROP cases across the globe, and his mission to prevent pre-term blindness in infants.

Results from Phase 3 trials of bispecific antibody faricimab demonstrate that it is more durable than currently available agents, and it has a good safety profile.

Oxurion NV announced Wednesday the first patient to be dosed in the INTEGRAL phase 2 clinical study evaluating THR-687 as a treatment for patients with DME.

A review of studies, presentations and discussions at ASRS 2021 in San Antonio, Texas.

Ankur Shah, MD, discusses key highlights of his presentation titled "YUTIQ CALM: a real-world registry study of the fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant 0.18 mg in chronic non-infectious posterior uveitis," during ASRS 2021.

Dr Ankur Shah discusses key highlights of his presentation titled "YUTIQ CALM: a real-world registry study of the fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant 0.18 mg in chronic non-infectious posterior uveitis," during ASRS 2021.

Paul Hallen discusses the Retina Industry Insights panel at the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit in San Antonio, Texas.

David Boyer, MD, reports on the use of pegcetacoplan to treat geographic atrophy when administered monthly or every-other-month regimens in the phase 3 DERBY and OAKS studies.

At ASRS 2021, Dr David Boyer reported that pegcetacoplan used to treat geographic atrophy and administered in monthly or every-other-month regimens was well tolerated in patients in the phase 3 DERBY and OAKS studies.

Arshad Khanani, MD, MA, reports primary study findings from the phase 3 study on the Port Delivery System with ranibizumab.

Dr Arshad Khanani reported at ASRS 2021 that the Port Delivery System with ranibizumab, an investigational product that continuously delivers ranibizumab intravitreally, achieved results similar to those in patients treated with monthly ranibizumab injections for nAMD.

Richard B. Rosen, MD, DSc(Hon), reports on the capabilities of using clinical OCT for imaging and measuring macular surface macrophage cells during the 2021 ASRS annual meeting.

At ASRS 2021 in San Antonio, TX, Dr Richard B. Rosen reported that clinical optical coherence tomography (OCT) can image and measure macular surface macrophage cells.

Justis P. Ehlers, MD, speaks on the findings from a higher-order OCT analysis for inflammatory signal biomarkers in the HAWK Study.

Sunir Garg, MD, reports on the risk of presumed infectious endophthalmitis following administration of anti-VEFG injections in correlation with universal masking.