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After enduring several disappointing drug trials of treatments that once held promise for dry eye and cystic fibrosis, Inspire Pharmaceuticals will become part of Merck & Co. Inc. in a $430 million acquisition.

If you feel that you have flow issues in your office, stop being the technician's safety valve for poor behavior.

A new quinazolinone compound represents a novel approach to management of choroidal neovascularization.

Periocular injections of steroids improve active inflammation and macular edema in most patients with uveitis.

Sustained release fluocinolone acetonide has the potential to become an effective long-term treatment for DME.

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The author discusses how MGD is a major source of morbidity and decreased quality of life for patients.

The pivotal study of a sustained-release dexamethasone intravitreal implant showed that it was a safe, effective option for the treatment of noninfectious intermediate and posterior uveitis.

In patients who have not undergone previous treatment, bevacizumab appears to be a safe and effective treatment for exudative age-related macular degeneration.

The key success factor for turning ideas into reality is planning.

Most aspects of ocular trauma are unique when practicing in a combat environment.

A single intravitreal injection of ocriplasmin is safe, effective, well-tolerated, and is the first pharmacologic treatment for symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion.

On March 16, LENSAR Inc. received 510 (k) clearance from the FDA to market its femtosecond laser system for lens fragmentation in addition to anterior capsulotomy during cataract surgery.

Given the unprecedented growth of interest in correction of monochromatic optical aberrations to improve the quality of pseudophakic vision, it is natural that the next step will be to investigate polychromatic light and its inherent aberrations.

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A 3-D simultaneous stereoscopic retinal camera that allows stereo images to be taken in one shot, offers an automatic mosaic merge function, and provides a full 45-degree field angle in two-dimensional mode has been introduced by Kowa Optimed Inc.

The use of a trabecular microbypass stent in combination with cataract surgery in patients with mild-to-moderate open-angle glaucoma is safe and results in clinically safe and statistically significant reductions in IOP with fewer medications when compared with cataract surgery alone.

The debate over the need to remove the corneal epithelium when performing corneal collagen crosslinking will continue until long-term data from peer-reviewed studies become available to answer the question of whether a procedure done with the epithelium on results in sufficient crosslinking for long-term arrest of ectasia progression.

Potential treatments for the management of dry age-related macular degeneration are numerous, but so far, studies still are ongoing as to their therapeutic benefit.

A proprietary surgery system brings to laser vision correction surgeons the benefits of expertise in both femtosecond and excimer laser technology.

Oral fenretinide slowed the growth of geographic atrophy and reduced the incidence of choroidal neovascularization in patients who were treated over a 2-year period with a daily dose of the drug.

Ophthalmic medical device company Glaukos Corp. has been named to the Wall Street Journal?s ?The Next Big Thing? list, which ranks the 50 venture-backed companies it deems most promising.

Scotia Vision LLC and i2eye Consulting LLC are merging in a move designed to strengthen the former company?s business model. The combined entity will be known as Scotia Vision.

A generic version of latanoprost ophthalmic solution 0.005% is now available following the FDA's final approval of Mylan Pharmaceutical's abbreviated new drug application for a former proprietary solution (Xalatan, Pfizer) to lower IOP in patients with ocular hypertension or glaucoma.

Alcon is now a division of Novartis AG that is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX, following the April 8 completion of a merger agreement between the two companies.

If you sell either or both of two brands of polarized lenses (Coppertone and SunRx, Vision-Ease Lens [VEL]), you can enter a drawing to win a grand prize vacation through a new ?Endless Summer? promotion.

Transitions Optical Inc. has launched a new microsite on its Web site to inform consumers of the features of a line of sun lenses (NEOX Transitions SOLFX).

The Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society (OOSS) bestowed the Jerome H. Levy Award for Leadership and Vision in Ophthalmic Surgery on medical practice management and training company BSM Consulting during OOSS? Perspective 2011 at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting in San Diego, CA.

Maui Jim?s new promotion, ?Surf and Win with Maui Jim,? offers people the chance to win a new pair of sunglasses and one of two surfboards used in the film ?Soul Surfer: The Inspiring True Story of Bethany Hamilton? and autographed by cast members.

Merck has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc., in a transaction with a cash value of $430 million.