
Several pharmaceutical companies have announced new appointments of executives and board members as they prepare for growth in 2025.

Several pharmaceutical companies have announced new appointments of executives and board members as they prepare for growth in 2025.

The financing will go toward its ongoing phase 2b/3 and planned pivotal phase 3 clinical trial for AVD-104.

ViGeneron also received approval for dose escalation in the ongoing phase 1b clinical trial.

In October, Oxular began a phase 2 trial for its therapeutic candidate OXU-001, for treatment of diabetic macular edema

Catch up on the clinical trial news, updates from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and company funding that you may have missed.

The primary safety endpoint was carried out through the percentage of patients with shift from normal (at baseline) to abnormal in any electrocardiogram (ECG).

The collaboration between KIST and Huons BioPharma will span 14 months.


Most recently, Jacques served as Vice President of Healthcare Strategy, Partnerships & M&A at Microsoft.

The Danish Medicines Agency requested the EMA's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee review reports on the vision-threatening condition

LHON, a genetic disease that affects the retinal ganglion cells, results in severe bilateral sequential vision loss.

The potential gene therapy candidate is being evaluated for geographic atrophy.

The rationale was that commercial mydriatics administered during retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening have been associated with cardiorespiratory and gastrointestinal adverse events.

The trial is evaluating GAL-101 eye drops in patients with geographic atrophy, an advanced form of dry AMD.

In this study, researchers examine immune mechanisms in ocular diseases like uveitis, AMD, DR, and GO, highlighting microglial roles, targeted therapies, and promising advances in immunotherapy.

A look at the biggest news and advancements in ophthalmology in 2024.

This year was brimming with advancements in optometry.

The conference will be held January 13-16, 2025 in San Francisco, CA.

A single lot (Lot 10101) of Systane Lubricant Eye Drops Ultra PF, Single Vials On-the-Go, 25 count, is being voluntarily recalled by Alcon Laboratories due to the detection of fungal material in a consumer-reported vial.

Trending topics and milestone stories from 2024 on Ophthalmology Times Europe

A Helsinki University Hospital study found diabetes, glycemic control, or insulin therapy did not significantly affect anatomical or functional outcomes after epiretinal membrane surgery.

Let’s look back on some of the top stories on Modern Retina from 2024 as we gear up for an incredible 2025.

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Curacle plans to finalize its development strategy, including phase 2b and 3 trials, through a Type C meeting with the US FDA in February of 2025.

The publication is entitled, “Design and Characterization of a Novel Intravitreal Dual-Transgene Genetic Medicine for Neovascular Retinopathies.”

In the statement, the board calls attention to a proposal by a committee in the US House of Representatives that would shrink the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) from 27 institutes into 15 institutes.

The European Commission will assess the marketing authorisation for Eydenzelt (reference product Eylea)