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Columbia, SC—The Light Touch technique of conductive keratoplasty (CK, Refractec), developed by refractive specialist Henry L. "Rick" Milne, MD, shows promise in the correction of near vision in patients with presbyopia, explained Dr. Milne.
Miami—One year into a 2-year study using an optical coherence tomography (OCT)-guided variable dosing regimen for ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genentech) for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), two key findings have emerged, according to lead investigator Philip Rosenfeld, MD, PhD.
Vancouver, British Columbia—Peter Hnik, MD, MHS, has been named chief medical officer of iCo Therapeutics Inc. The biotechnology company is developing pre-existing drugs for a range of new conditions affecting isolated biologic environments—areas such as the eye, spinal cord, and joints, where locally administered application of these therapies would have minimal systemic distribution and fewer safety issues.
Lux Biosciences Inc., a privately held biotechnology company specializing in ophthalmic diseases, announced it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, to access its polyarylate patent estate.
ISTA Pharmaceuticals acquired from Senju Pharmaceuticals an exclusive North American license to an eye-drop formulation containing bepotastine, an investigational ophthalmic treatment for allergic conjunctivitis. This is ISTA Pharmaceuticals' first license for the ophthalmic allergy field.
Las Vegas—Bausch & Lomb has received U.S. FDA approval to add a cold oxygen plasma treatment to the manufacturing process of gas permeable (GP) contact lenses made with Boston materials. B&L made the announcement recently at the American Optometric Association Congress and Annual American Optometric Student Association Conference.
Sydney, Australia—The first synthetic polymer corneal inlays implanted in humans appear to be biocompatible with corneal tissue and represent a safe, biologically acceptable alternative to other forms of refractive surgery, according to observations made over an 18-month period, said Deborah F. Sweeney, B Optom, PhD.
Paris—ExonHit Therapeutics SA, a drug and diagnostic discovery company, has extended its strategic collaboration with Allergan Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, to identify, develop, and commercialize drugs targeted at the treatment of ophthalmologic conditions, neurodegenerative diseases, and pain, based on positive preclinical trial results.
Alcon Laboratories has received FDA approval to market a new, benzalkonium chloride (BAK)-free formulation of travoprost 0.004% ophthalmic solution (Travatan Z). Prescribers can expect the product to be available by the end of the month.
San Francisco—Athenagen Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, has begun phase I clinical testing of ATG003, its topical eye drop therapy for age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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