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Orbis International celebrates 40 years of innovation this year, beginning in 1982 with their iconic flying eye hospital. Since their start, Orbis has continued their innovation, working to achieve sustainable and scalable impact in the countries where they work. Doris Macharia, MD, senior vice president of global programs with Orbis, talks with Ophthalmology Times' Sheryl Stevenson, reflecting on the last 40 years and what's to come.

Top-line results are expected during second quarter for the therapeutic to treat patients with dry eye disease.

The company’s Systane iLux2 Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Thermal Pulsation System is a handheld device that allows patients to see the need for treatment and visualize their procedure.

According to the company, the VIRGO trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of the investigational twice-daily administration of pilocarpine HCl ophthalmic solution 1.25% in adults with presbyopia. The trial met its primary efficacy endpoint, the company noted.

According to the company, the modifier gene therapy candidate is for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa resulting from mutations in the nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group E member 3 and Rhodopsin genes.

Device demonstrates potential as a durable, sustained-release glaucoma therapy

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) recently announced an expansion of their ‘Focus on Glaucoma’ and ‘Focus on Diabetes’ series with their new ‘Focus on Child Eye Health’ series in partnership with CooperVision.

The company announced the expansion of its commercial rollout of its MIGS implant to the UK

Investigators at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics have developed the first-ever artificial retinal device that increases the edge contrast between lighter and darker areas of an image, using ionic migration and interaction within solid.

April is Presbyopia Awareness Month. Brieann K. Adair, OD, of NYU Langone Health, speaks with Ophthalmology Times’ Sheryl Stevenson about the importance of Presbyopia awareness, treatment options and more.

In those first few months, I realized there were so many aspects of real-life, post-residency practice we had never been taught during medical school or residency.

A University of Houston study found that minorities have fewer eye exams, higher instances of disease.

If the BLA is approved, the company could receive 12 years of marketing exclusivity for an FDA-approved alternative for the most frequently used anti-VEGF treatment in wet AMD patients in the United States.

A separate analysis will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 2022 Annual Meeting, showing that UPLIZNA reduced pan associated with NMOSD over 3 years.

Bausch + Lomb and Clearside Biomedical Inc. are rolling out the new therapeutic, approved by the FDA for suprachoroidal use for the treatment of macular edema associated with uveitis, a form of eye inflammation.

Beginning in the 1970s, James J. Salz, MD, was part of a group of ophthalmologists who first inserted intraocular lens implants during cataract surgery.

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine grants its Next Generation Fellowship Awards to promising early-career professionals in a range of medical genetics and genomics specialties. The awards were presented at the 2022 ACMG Clinical Genetics Meeting.

The company is planning a Phase 2 trial with an optimized formulation in wet AMD that is expected to start in fourth quarter of 2022.

The country’s Ministry of Health has issued infringement notices to two ophthalmologist for seeing patients while unvaccinated.

The MIRA-3 Phase 3 FDA Registration trial for Nyxol met its primary endpoint with 58% of treated subjects returning to baseline pupil diameter at 90 minutes compared to 6% of placebo subjects.

The company’s iCare HOME2 self-tonometer allows patients to collect real-world IOP data at any time.

The EVO/EVO+ Visian Implantable Collamer Lens provides visual freedom independent of contact lenses and glasses.

The San Francisco-based company also announces that Raj K. Maturi, MD, is the first PI in the network.

Vanderbilt’s David Calkins, PhD, was honored with the 2022 President’s Award, presented by the Glaucoma Research Foundation, at the Glaucoma 360 Annual Gala last month.

Investigators theorize that the ophthalmic nerve may be affected by the COVID-19 virus, and therefore may affect the corneal esthesiometry values.

Lower doses vs higher ones are equally effective for treating disease

Investigators have questioned the potential for the vascular density to be a biomarker for microvascular abnormalities following COVID-19 and found that longitudinal studies are needed to determine this.

According to the company, VVN001 demonstrated clinical and statistical superiority over vehicle in reducing total and sub-regional corneal fluorescein staining scores.