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Hoskins was a pioneer and leader in the field of ophthalmology and glaucoma, and served as executive vice president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, founding director and Director Emeritus of the Glaucoma Research Foundation, and a founding director of the American Glaucoma Society.

According to the company, AGTC-501 was generally safe and well-tolerated and showed improvements in visual function at the 12-month analysis. The Phase 2/3 VISTA trial for AGTC-501 in XLRP expected to begin in in the first half of 2024.

A third party report regarding the school’s ophthalmology program showed an environment of “anxiety, apprehension, disappointment, frustration, fear, regret.”

Preliminary safety data support a favorable benefit-risk profile at both dose levels. The preliminary efficacy and safety data trending similar to or better than the OPTIC study, in which patients continue to see ongoing clinical benefit through at least 3 years.

A new study found that only a little over half of school-aged children participants underwent vision screening within the past two years, highlighting gaps in eye care access.

The study further defined the relationship between delayed rod-mediated dark adaptation and the status of outer retinal bands on optical coherence tomography.

AAO president will deliver the annual Tullos O. Coston, MD lectureship on June 1, 2024.

Clearside noted in a news release it intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust's investment will support a state-of-the-art, eye health research facility, opening in 2027

The patent further protects Iridex’s intellectual property encompassing laser systems in ophthalmology and related fields.

A team of neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins show how specialized cells signal the presence of light simultaneously in two distinct ways.

Toku’s AI technology, CLAiR, has obtained CE and UKCA Marks. CLAiR provides fast, accurate, non-invasive cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessments using standard retinal images.

In this episode of EyePod, David Hutton sits down with Neena Haider, PhD, and Arun Upadhyay, PhD, to talk about modifier gene therapy.

According to the company, 4D-150 was well tolerated with a favorable safety profile when evaluated through up to 48 weeks of follow-up, with no significant inflammation observed.

Elodie Bousquet, MD, PhD, and international researchers studied type 3 macular neovascularization (T3 MNV) using optical coherence tomography. In 64.5% of 31 eyes with T3 MNV, it developed over soft drusen, showing drusen growth and outer layer thinning before T3 MNV.

Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers came up with a mobile app called All_Aboard, designed to be used along with mainstream GPS systems and focuses on improving micro-navigation.

Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD, discusses interim results from the first in-human Phase 2 RIPPLE-1 Trial of a dexamethasone implant for diabetic macular edema and retinal vein occlusion.

Ramin Tadayoni, MD, PhD, highlights data from the BALATON and COMINO Phase 3 studies about faricimab, respectively, in branch retinal vein occlusion and central retinal vein occlusion.

A minimum of 5,000 patients with up to 5 years of follow-up will be included in the study, with patients from a variety of practice settings and clinician experiences in 28 countries and 500 sites

Jennifer I. Lim, MD, FARVO, FASRS sat down with Hattie Hayes of Ophthalmology Times Europe to discuss her findings, including exciting advancements in targeting Ang2 and VEGF from the Angiogenesis Exudation and Degeneration 2024 event.

Anat Loewenstein, MD, sat down with Hattie Hayes of Ophthalmology Times Europe to discuss the implication of longitudinal AI-based fluid quantification for at-home monitoring from the Angiogenesis Exudation and Degeneration 2024 event.

Carl D. Regillo, MD, FACS, FASRS, discussed recent data from the DAVIO 2 trial in his presentation at the virtual Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2024.

Sydney M Crago, the editor of Modern Retina, talks with Arshad M Khanani, MD, MA, FASRS, about the expanded efficacy data from the GATHER 2 trial for geographic atrophy (GA).

Carl Danzig, MD, sat down with Martin David Harp of Ophthalmology Times to discuss his presentation AVD-104 for Geographic Atrophy: Glyco-immunologic modulation of macrophage activity from the Angiogenesis Exudation and Degeneration 2024 event.

Early-onset drusen maculopathy (EODM), is part of the age-related macular degeneration (AMD) phenotype that occurs in individuals under 55 years of age.

SriniVas R. Sadda, MD, sat down with David Hutton of Ophthalmology Times to discuss his presentation about precursor lesions for development of atrophy and AMD from the Angiogenesis Exudation and Degeneration 2024 event.

Multimodal technology bridges the gap between advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) biomarkers and clinical features.

Trial will analyze efficacy, safety of AVD-104 versus avacincaptad pegol to treat GA