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Surgeon expects more MIGS, less trabeculectomy.

Conducting a thorough financial examination may help clinicians to see their finances as clearly as their patients see the world after cataract surgery.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Roger Goldberg, MD, MBA, about macular leakage area in the YOSEMITE and RHINE trials comparing faricimab to aflibercept at this year's ARVO meeting.

The company’s CT Lucia 621P monofocal IOL enables surgeons to treat a wide range of cataract patients while supporting optimized visual outcomes.

Instead, vitamins C and E may actually be associated with a slightly increased risk of DED.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Edmund Arthur, OD, PhD, FAAO, about his research on the early detection of diabetic retinopathy in underserved communities at this year's ARVO meeting.

Body mass index (BMI), central obesity, and the metabolic syndrome may be deciding risk factors in glaucoma.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Jay Barth, MD, about the work at Ascidian Therapeutics and their research into developing a new way to administer gene therapy at this year's ARVO meeting.

In a presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in New Orleans, it was noted ATSN-101 demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements in vision at the highest dose with no drug-related serious adverse events 6 months post-treatment.

Under a compassionate use program, the topical application of B-VEC to the eye was well tolerated and patient showed significant improvement of visual acuity and complete corneal re-epithelization. The company presented data at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in New Orleans.

In a poster presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, authors Paul S. Kayne, PhD, Alison Obr, PhD, John H. Dodd, PhD, and Carl Spana, PhD, it was demonstrated that PL9588 reduces ocular pressure. Data provides further support for topical administration of melanocortins for ocular inflammation.

Therapies to target geographic atrophy are in sight.

Francine Behar-Cohen, MD, PhD, presented the data at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with David Eveleth, MD, CEO and Founder of Trefoil Therapeutics about TTHX1114 in patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) undergoing Descemet’s Stripping Only (DSO) in combination with cataract surgery at this year's ARVO meeting.

Visual impairment is associated with hallucinations, depression, agitation, and psychosis in patients with dementia.

Grace Walther, first author of the study, described that lens centration on the eye may be beneficial for improving vision. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting.

Amir H. Kashani, MD, PhD, sat down with David Hutton, Managing Editor, Ophthalmology Times®, to discuss his presentation at this year's ARVO meeting on optical coherence tomography and the assessment of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's Disease and other related dementias.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Mark Bullimore and discussed the control of myopia progression with low-concentration atropine from the Hong-Kong LAMP study at this year's ARVO meeting.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with T. Y. Alvin Liu, MD, about predictive AI and its uses in ophthalmology and screening of the eyes at this year's ARVO meeting.

In a presentation during the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, being held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Luxa Biotechnology offered details of a clinical trial evaluating transplantation of cells derived from adult retinal pigmented epithelium stem cells to treat dry AMD.

According to the company, StableVisc and TotalVisc offer surgeons dual-action protection during cataract surgery.

In a presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, data demonstrated the loss of retinal pigmented epithelial and photoreceptor cells, both of which are required for visual function.

According to data presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, post-hoc analysis from the GATHER trials, for the first time, signals that reduced rate of vision loss in patients receiving avacincaptad pegol was correlated with reduced geographic atrophy (GA) growth.

Pros and cons of anti-VEGF drugs and improved visualization of abnormalities in ROP.

Hydrogen water intake improved retinal blood flow (RBF) dysregulation in response to flicker stimulation and systemic hyperoxia in type 2 diabetic mice.

Thomas V. Johnson, MD, PhD, sat down with David Hutton, Managing Editor, Ophthalmology Times®, to discuss his presentation at this year's ARVO meeting on retinal engineering and RGC replacement.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Caroline Baumal, MD, about Apellis' presentations focusing on visual function, imaging and artificial intelligence at this year's ARVO meeting.

Japanese investigators have found an ocular biomarker of cardiovascular diseases.