Costs for glaucoma interventions

June brings FDA clearance for Lumvoa, key retina and glaucoma trials, device deals, and hard truths on AI performance in eye care.

Offline smartphone AI fundus screening detects diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and macular degeneration in one capture, delivering high accuracy for low-resource eye care.

A large real-world cohort study finds OSA is associated with elevated glaucoma risk, though whether positive airway pressure therapy itself plays a role remains unclear.

Bayer acquired Perfuse Therapeutics and its experimental endothelin-blocking eye implant PER-001, and partnered with AI firm Iambic Therapeutics to accelerate small molecule drug discovery.

A retrospective study finds that direct selective laser trabeculoplasty significantly lowers intraocular pressure, with the greatest benefit seen in treatment-naive eyes.