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During presentations at the American Society for Retina Specialists 41st Annual Meeting in Seattle, the company noted that there was no indication that drug product or manufacturing issues contributed to rare events of retinal vasculitis.

Our team spoke with Michael Ip, MD, to get his perspective on the 2023 ASRS meeting in Seattle, Washington and why he thinks these are the most valuable topics to understand and review for retina specialists.

At the 2023 ASRS meeting in Seattle, Washington, Diana Do, MD joined our team to discuss the 2-year data on the PHOTON study, which involved 8 milligrams of aflibercept for diabetic macular edema.

This study of patients was designed to identify unexpected adverse effects of these new pharmacologic therapies that may not have been observed or anticipated during clinical research trials. The studied drugs were biosimilars to the reference drug ranibizumab.

6-Month results underscore treatment safety with suprachoroidally injected ABBV-RGX-314 for nAMD

In a presentation at the American Society of Retina Specialists 41st Annual Meeting in Seattle, Diana Do, MD, said the PHOTON study demonstrated the impact aflibercept 8 mg could have in reducing the treatment burden for patients diagnosed with DME.

According to the company, a pair of presentations at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting in Seattle highlight CLS-AX as a promising wet AMD treatment with a new mechanism of action and the potential for longer duration of effect than current therapies.

Mark Breazzano, MD, FACS, who is presenting Outcomes and Clinical Features Predictive of Fungal Endophthalmitis at the 2023 ASRS meeting in Seattle, Washington spoke with our team about this research.

Carl Danzig, MD, spoke with our team to share the exciting results of the GATHER 1 and GATHER 2 clinical trials for avacincaptad pegol for the treatment of geographic atrophy at the 2023 ASRS annual meeting.

Lim and colleagues conducted a retrospective study to establish the normalized NBFI using OCTA and test if that index is sufficiently sensitive for detecting early DR.

Our team caught up with Baruch Kupperman, MD, PHD who is presenting, "Improving vision and dry AMD matching mechanism with the right patient population and stage of disease" to learn more about this topic.

Detrimental effects of IVB may not be recognized at an early age, which underscores the importance of following these children over time.

The company announced it has scheduled an End-of-Phase 2 meeting with the FDA in Q4 2023 to discuss the specifics of the APX3330 development program.

Cochair Peter J. McDonnell, MD, highlights what this year’s conference will mean for clinicians and addresses the anticipated increased patient volume.

Faricimab is currently approved in more than 70 countries to treat nAMD and DME, with more than 1 million doses distributed globally, and Genentech will highlight its ophthalmology portfolio at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting in Seattle.

The American Society of Retina Specialists is holding its 2023 annual meeting July 28 through August 1 at the Seattle Convention Center in downtown Seattle.

The 2023 41st annual meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) will run from Thursday, July 27 to Tuesday, August 1 in Seattle, a city filled with sightseeing, museums, and great food to explore.

ASRS is an international, state-or-the-art event offering something for everyone: scientific papers, posters, panel discussions on controversial issues and techniques, award lectures, a Retina Case Conference, the 25th Annual Film Festival, international symposia, and subspecialty review courses.

A late breaking poster at the event in San Diego presented by Paolo S. Silva, MD, reveals AI algorithms for diabetic retinopathy progression risk estimation.

In a presentation at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting in San Diego, Kenneth A. Beckman, MD, FACS, discussed the current status of corneal crosslinking with some emerging treatments, including epi-on crosslinking.

Steven Greenstein, MD, sat down with David Hutton, Managing Editor, Ophthalmology Times®, to discuss his presentation about the 10-year follow-up for collagen cross-linking and keratoconus ectasia.

Jeff Wongs, MD, discussed his study to assess the benefits of cryopreserved amniotic membrane prior to cataract surgery to restore the ocular surface and improve the accuracy of pre-op biometric readings

Jason Bacharach, MD, and Chris Pearson discussed the Preservative Freedom coalition from Théa Pharmaceutical at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Lori Pacheco, RN, CRNO, discussed sports-related eye injuries and how to prevent them at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Patrick Spencer, DO, discussed the safety and effectiveness comparison of hydrogel-based intracanalicular dexamethasone insert placement in the lower versus the upper punctum at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.

Vivek Srinivasan, PhD, sat down with David Hutton, Managing Editor, Ophthalmology Times®, to discuss his presentation about using visible light, OCT to image the retina at this year's ARVO meeting.

John Hovanesian, MD, discussed his paper on the Apthera small aperture implant for patients with low degrees of astigmatism at the 2023 ASCRS annual meeting in San Diego.