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Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about her poster on results from the ARMOR Study and latest diagnostic and therapeutic advancements in ocular infections at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

TRS01 has the potential to be the first-line treatment option for non-infectious uveitis, according to the company.

Researchers found reduced iron concentration in the clear gel part of the eye of human patients and iron accumulation in the retina of mice.

Biocon’s YESAFILI is intended for treatment of a number of ocular conditions, including neovascular AMD, visual impairment due to myopic choroidal neovascularisation, visual impairment due to DME and visual impairment due to macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion.

A mutation-agnostic optogenetic gene therapy is in development using multi-characteristic opsin (MCO) to sensitize the retinal bipolar cells to detect light.

ATSN-101, a gene therapy for GUCY2D-associated Leber congenital amaurosis, has demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements in vision at the highest dose with no drug-related serious adverse events 6 months post-treatment in ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial.

Oliver Hvidt, CEO and co-founder of Norlase, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about the company's 4-year journey from AAO 2019 to present at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

An anchored matching-adjusted indirect comparison may aid therapeutic decision-making.

EURETINA 2023 highlighted important DME and DR research and data from across the globe.

The endorsement follows FDA approval in the United States this summer.

These companies will be among those sharing information and data in Boston, Massachusetts November 14-16, 2023.

According to the company, OCU410ST uses an AAV delivery platform for the retinal delivery of the RORA (RAR Related Orphan Receptor A) gene.

Researchers found the growth of RPE cells was successfully controlled by the stencil patterns. When RPE cells were not held together correctly, the cells excreted levels of harmful proteins that could contribute to vision loss.

Sean Hanlon, CEO of CoFi, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about company updates as well as their integration with CareCredit at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Megan Baldwin, MD, founder of Opthea Limited, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about the company's ShORe and COAST clinical trials at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, PhD, was granted $300,000 from the Michael J Fox Foundation to examine key data put together at the Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Eye Center with artificial intelligence in an effort to identify biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease.

Rich Small, CEO of Neurotech, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about the company's development of encapsulated cell therapy, NT-501, at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

NYU Langone Health performs landmark procedure called “major paradigm shift for potential vision therapies”

Paul Runge, MD, FACS, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about his time in Ukraine treating retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and implementing the Norlase Lion laser at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Oxford conducted a study that reveals knowledge gaps for conditions that affect 18-64-year-olds in the UK.

Study finds that 1 in 3 children with sickle cell disease has retinopathy.

Caroline Baumal, Chief Medical Officer at Apellis, spoke with Modern Retina about the pegcetacoplan GALE extension study for geographic atrophy. She also shared insights regarding her career transition, underscoring the significance of mentorship and a passion for one's work during this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in San Francisco.

The general public should use caution when reading AI-generated medical information as it may be inaccurate, misleading, or biased.

XIPERE is the first and only therapy available in the United States that utilizes the suprachoroidal space to treat patients suffering from macular edema associated with uveitis.

ABP 938 is an investigational biosimilar to EYLEA® (aflibercept).

The company presented topline Phase I/II first-in-human results at the 127th AAO annual meeting in San Francisco, demonstrating significant improvement in visual field, in concordance with trended improvements in visual acuity and functional vision.

Patients treated every other month with the drug also showed a similar decrease in the rate of GA progression compared with sham treatment.

According to the study, pegcetacoplan injection reduced nonsubfoveal GA lesion growth by over 40% (monthly) in Year 3 compared to projected sham in the GALE extension study.