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Physicians making sense of the cornea transplant alphabet soup.

Lessons learned from a pilot will inform future collaborative work between the ADA and Genentech to improve health equity in eye care for people living with diabetes.

Researchers are using a new, highly versatile form of CRISPR-based genome editing with the potential to correct a wide variety of disease-causing genetic mutations.

Medical student’s vision was threatened by keratoconus, and early diagnosis and treatment could prove to be key to preserving the patient’s vision.

Hurdles include limited space, handling thin sclera, choosing the right site.

PBM treatment showed a statistically significant slowing of disease progression in patients with early to intermediate dry AMD.

Procedure integrates femto, phaco in one instrument to address issues.

If approved, OCS-01 has the potential to become the first once-daily, topical, preservative-free corticosteroid for treating inflammation and pain following ocular surgery.

According to court records, Paul Wade Wyatt continued to perform ophthalmic procedures in Utah after his license had been suspended in October 2016.

Kamran M. Riaz, MD, a clinical associate professor and director of Medical Student Research at the Dean A. McGee Institute at the University of Oklahoma, recently discussed with Ophthalmology Times some of the latest trends in cornea treatment.

Cognition plans to initiate the Phase 2 MAGNIFY trial of its oral drug candidate, CT1812 in 2023 in individuals with dry AMD who have measurable GA.

The company’s MINIject is the only commercially available MIGS implant targeting the supraciliary space.

Data for IG-002 show for the first time that a single subretinal administration of a DNA payload encoding the human ABCA4 gene resulted in durable expression of human ABCA4 protein.

Industry leaders view pegcetacoplan as most important retinal technology in 10 years.

While obesity has been associated with increased IOPs, the results to now have been inconclusive. Researchers investigated the IOP among groups with different combinations of obesity status and metabolic health status.

The company plans to advance AAV-based gene therapy candidates toward IND studies on encouraging animal proof of concept data in Stargardt disease, X-linked retinoschisis, and autosomal dominant optic atrophy.

The company has said it hopes to make the deals to be able to focus on its core areas.

Physician discusses preoperative assessments before procedure focusing on cornea.

According to the company, in a clinical trial of chloroprocaine hydrochloride ophthalmic gel in patients undergoing routine cataract surgery, patients treated with the gel did not require any supplemental treatment to complete the intended surgical procedure.

The researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine found neurons use mitochondria for a steady source of energy, and restoring mitochondrial homeostasis in the diseased neurons can protect the optic nerve cells from being damaged.

ICLs offer a strong surgical correction option for some patients.

Horizon Therapeutics presented data at the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) Annual Meeting, being held through March 16 in Orlando, Florida, summarizing real-world experience of people living with TED and DON who were treated with teprotumumab-trbw between January 2020 and September 2022.

While low-dose atropine eye drops are currently being used to slow myopia progression in several countries in Asia, researchers set out to determine if the medication could also the onset of myopia.

The researchers focused on photoreceptor cells (PRCs), which are light-detecting cells found in the retina.

A look at what’s in the therapeutic delivery pipeline for these disorders.

According to the U.S. District Court, during the jury trial before U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, the United States proved that the defendants the Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc., which does business as Precision Lens, and its owner Paul Ehlen paid kickbacks to ophthalmic surgeons to induce their use of Defendants’ products in cataract surgeries reimbursed by Medicare.

Celebrating 40-year anniversary with new brand/new products.