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The meeting is set to take place from November 8 to 10, 2024 at the Sheraton Times Square Hotel in New York City.

Omar Salamanca, MD, staff ophthalmologist, Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, discusses Orbis's tailored glaucoma training programs, which focus on hands-on surgical skills, early detection, telemedicine, and personalized follow-up care, helping underserved regions improve glaucoma management and blindness prevention.

Scientists at Scripps Research and its nonprofit drug development arm, the Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, are working to advance regenerative medicines capable of repairing tissues damaged by age-related disease

Collaboration and outside-the-box thinking present significant opportunities for science and industry

The phase 3 trial was conducted by licensee, Grand Pharma in Chinese cataract surgery patients.

FELIQS plans to conduct a Phase 1b/2 study of FLQ-101 (tROPhy-1 study) both in the US and Japan in the first quarter of 2025.

The Valeda Light Delivery System is for the treatment of patients with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

The investigators conducted a randomized controlled trial of 60 patients who underwent monitored anesthesia care sedation for oculoplastic procedures from August 2018 to November 2020.

Scientists have identified several small molecule drugs that selectively expand RPEs to regenerate a functional RPE layer.

He also had previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for several companies in the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals space.

This year’s Barcelona meeting brought together award-winning research data and leaders in the retina field

The candidate, FLQ-101, is a once-daily oral/intravenous solution.

This article by Liem Trinh, MD highlights his experiences with the AT ELANA® 841P hydrophobic trifocal IOL and the ARTEVO® 750 and ARTEVO® 850 microscopes from ZEISS. Dr. Trinh discusses the benefits of the trifocal design of the AT ELANA 841P IOL and its ability to provide spectacle independence at all distances after cataract surgery. He also shares his positive experiences with the ARTEVO 850 microscope, which offers improved surgical visualization with RGB LED illumination and 3D viewing on a high dynamic range monitor. Additionally, Dr. Trinh discusses the potential benefits of integrated intraoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) and the redesigned CALLISTO eye user interface.

At the Tear Film and Ocular Surface meeting in Venice, Melissa Toyos shares findings on the mechanism of action of brimonidine tartrate.

To educate the public—including parents, caregivers, and allied health professionals—Prevent Blindness is offering free educational resources, including fact sheets, social media graphics, web pages, and educational videos in both English and Spanish.

Two glaucoma specialists discuss pairing patients with the right procedures

New research sheds light on how the dry eye medication lifitegrast works beyond the ocular surface, targeting the underlying immune system to provide relief for patients.

Caffeine has been shown to temporarily increase intraocular pressure and reduce blood flow in critical ocular regions

Observations show distinct variations between the changes in optic nerve head (ONH) and the macula.

200 mg of caffeine elevated the blood pressure after 2 hours but did not impact the retinal VD.

A group of German researchers has discovered how tiny eye movements and the density of photoreceptors assist in visual acuity.

AMN, a rare disease, is characterized by dark reddish, wedge-shaped macular lesions

Vaidehi S. Dedania, MD, from the New York University (NYU) Langone Health and the Grossman School of Medicine, spoke with the Eye Care Network at this year's AAO meeting held in Chicago, Illinois. She insights from the session, "Preventing and managing complications following vitreoretinal surgery."

Alfredo Sadun, MD, PhD, is the chief of Ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute of UCLA. At this year's AAO meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, he stopped by the Eye Care Network booth to share insights from the symposium "Professional Longevity 2.0: Assessing the Ophthalmologist," which he presented during.

Vikas Chopra, MD, from the Doheny Eye Institute of UCLA, caught up with the Eye Care Network at this year's AAO meeting held in Chicago, Illinois. He shared how technology has advanced ophthalmic surgery over the years and how hands on sessions at the meeting allow surgeons to train for rare complications that can arise during routine surgeries.

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