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Our team met with Jay Barth, MD, at the 2023 ARVO annual meeting, where he shared more about the work at Ascidian Therapeutics and how the company is developing a new method to administer gene therapy.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with David Brown, MD, about the PHOTON study examining the safety and efficacy of high-dose aflibercept for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) at this year's ARVO meeting.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Allen Chiang, MD, about the assessment of geographic atrophy progression from the Phase 3 OAKS and DERBY trials at this year's ARVO meeting.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Kaushal Solanki, PhD, CEO and founder of Eyenuk, about EyeArt, an AI system cleared by the FDA to detect diabetic retinopathy at this year's ARVO meeting.

With instructor-led sessions and haptic feedback, this first-of-its-kind eye surgery training creates an immersive experience with the look and feel of surgery in a human eye, without risks to patient safety.

According to data presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in New Orleans, composite efficacy data validate MCO-010 as a potential treatment for RP.

D-4517.2 is a novel precision nanomedicine that inhibits neovascularization by targeting activated microglia and hypertrophic retinal pigment cells, cells responsible for the increased vascularization associated with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME).

According to Clearside Biomedical, the suprachoroidal delivery of small molecule suspensions demonstrated targeted, compartmentalized and durable drug delivery.

Belite Bio Inc. presented 18-month data from its ongoing two-year, open-label Phase 2 clinical study of LBS-008 (Tinlarebant), a novel oral therapy intended to reduce the accumulation of toxins in the eye that cause STGD1 and contribute to GA.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Steven Carrubba, MD, about monkeypox skin disease and eye disease in patients who were immunocompromised in New York at this year's ARVO meeting.

Genentech announced post-hoc data indicating treatment with faricimab-svoa (Vabysmo) led to greater and faster drying of retinal fluid with fewer injections for the treatments of wet AMD and DME, when compared to aflibercept.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with David Tanzer, MD, about OcuTerra Therapeutics and their development of OTT166 in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy.

A single injection of UBX1325 led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) of +6.2 ETDRS letters from baseline at 48 weeks.

According to the company, consistent clinical efficacy across multiple signs and symptoms of dry eye along with excellent safety and tolerability build a differentiating product profile.

The company shared data at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in New Orleans that demonstrated that a single oral dose of D-4517.2 significantly reduced choroidal neovascularization lesions to a level comparable to D-4517.2 delivered subcutaneously and aflibercept administered intravitreally at the same mass dose in a laser-induced CNV mouse model.

In a presentation at ARVO 2023 in New Orleans, Yuyu Pharma’s YP-P10 is a novel, patented, synthetic peptide with anti-inflammatory properties being explored for the potential treatment of dry eye disease.

Physician discusses clinical presentations, treatment options for 2 cases.

The company shared data at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in New Orleans that demonstrated OpRegen surgical bleb coverage of areas of GA may be critical for optimizing patient outcomes.

VLTR-557, Valitor's long-acting anti-VEGF biologic in development for durable wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treatment, showed that a single intravitreal (ITV) injection has potential to maintain clinical efficacy for more than six months.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Christine Kay, MD, about the treatment of GUCY2D associated Leber congenital amaurosis type 1 at this year's ARVO meeting.

Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. received authorization to initiate a UK-based Phase 1/2 study of STK-002, a treatment of autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), for which there is currently no approved treatments.

Ronald Zambrano, lab supervisor for the advanced Ophthalmic Imaging Lab at NYU Langone, talks about lamina cribrosa pressure and predicting structural glaucoma progression at this year's ARVO meeting.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, about the ARMOR study and antibiotic resistance at this year's ARVO meeting.

Atsena Therapeutics announced positive 6-month safety and efficacy data from the ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial of ATSN-101, a gene therapy for the treatment of GUCY2D-associated Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA1).

Investigators found that Photobiomodulation may be a valid therapeutic option to treat large soft drusen and drusenoid pigment epithelial detachments in dry AMD and may slow the natural disease course.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Ronald Zambrano, lab supervisor for the advanced Ophthalmic Imaging Lab at NYU Langone about lamina cribrosa pressure and predicting structural glaucoma progression at this year's ARVO meeting.

Post-hoc analyses from four Phase III studies indicate Vabysmo dried retinal fluid faster with fewer injections in wet age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.