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In the clinical trial, Oxurion’s novel PKal Inhibitor, THR-149, did not meet its primary endpoint.

The recall is “due to potential safety concerns after FDA investigators found insanitary conditions.”

At first glance, these patients can appear to have normal or near-normal visual acuity levels. However, in reality, many have perceptual visual deficits, which are not typically tested during a standard ophthalmology office evaluation.

Loretta Alborghetti, from Redditch, UK, a medical secretary within the ophthalmology department at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, illegally accessed the records of more than 150 patients.

This is just one of many times the FDA has issued a warning to companies for the sale of unapproved ophthalmic products in 2023.

Mark Blecher, MD, spoke with the Ophthalmology Times team about his poster addressing retinal visualization and patients who've had small aperture IOL implantation at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD, spoke with the Ophthalmology Times team about the GALE study looking at pegcetacoplan for the management of geographic atrophy at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

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.

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.

Nonetheless,BDUMP remains a rare condition with fewer than 60 cases documented in literature.

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.