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11/14/2024
Low VisionNewsletterRetinaStudy
Preliminary Results Show Prima Implant Allows for Functional Vision in Advanced GA Patients
Preliminary Results Show Prima Implant Allows for Functional Vision in Advanced GA Patients

Science Corporation, of Alameda, California, reported Oct. 22 preliminary results that showed its Prima retinal implant allowed for functional vision in patients who had lost their central visual f...

11/14/2024
CataractClinical TrialDealsDiagnosticDry EyeFundingGene TherapyGlaucomaIndustryInstrumentsMicroscopesNewsletterOCTPresbyopiaRegulationRetinaStudySurgical
November 2024 Ophthalmic News Briefs
November 2024 Ophthalmic News Briefs

Heidelberg Engineering announced Oct. 14 that the US FDA had granted 510(k) clearance to its Flex Module for the Spectralis diagnostic imaging platform. The Flex Module mounts the Spectralis to a m...

11/1/2024
BreakingPharmaRetinaStudy
Vabysmo Improved Vision in Underrepresented Populations with DME in Elevatum Study
Vabysmo Improved Vision in Underrepresented Populations with DME in Elevatum Study

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced Oct. 18 positive topline one-year results from the postmarket Elevatum study evaluating Vabysmo (faricimab-svoa) for the treatment of diabetic macu...

10/25/2024
BreakingDiagnosticDry EyeFundingStudy
ARPA-H Seeks Proposals for Tear Duct-Based Diagnostic System, Plus Custom Dosing Platform
ARPA-H Seeks Proposals for Tear Duct-Based Diagnostic System, Plus Custom Dosing Platform

ARPA-H announced Oct. 18 that it had launched a new program to develop a tear-based biomarker measurement system that can be inserted into the tear duct to provide continuous health monitoring, pai...

10/25/2024
BreakingCornealDealsDry EyeFundingStudy
Grifols, BARDA Partner on Ocular Immunoglobulin Drops for Sulfur Mustard Exposure
Grifols, BARDA Partner on Ocular Immunoglobulin Drops for Sulfur Mustard Exposure

Barcelona-basedGrifols reported Oct. 22 that it is partnering with the US government’s BARDA to test ocular surface immunoglobulin (OSIG) eye drops for their ability to treat ocular damage from sul...

10/4/2024
BreakingCataractStudy
NEI Researchers Identify Protein That Clears Cataracts in Animals
NEI Researchers Identify Protein That Clears Cataracts in Animals

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI), working with counterparts in China, have discovered a reversible cataract response in hibernating squirrels that may point toward a nonsurgical trea...

9/20/2024
BreakingStudySurgical
NYU Langone Hails Recovery of Man Over a Year after Landmark Whole Eye Transplant
NYU Langone Hails Recovery of Man Over a Year after Landmark Whole Eye Transplant

A surgical team at NYU Langone Health performed the world’s first whole eye and partial-face transplant in May 2023 for Aaron James, who had survived a high-voltage electrical accident at work. Ove...

9/19/2024
NewsletterRetinaStudySurgical
OcuDyne Reports Positive Pilot Study Results Using Ophthalmic Artery Angioplasty in GA
OcuDyne Reports Positive Pilot Study Results Using Ophthalmic Artery Angioplasty in GA

OcuDyne, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, reported Sept. 9 that it had successfully completed a pilot study using its Optic System to perform ophthalmic artery angioplasty in patients with geographic a...

9/19/2024
NewsletterRetinaStudy
Light Control May Prevent Eye Damage in Premature Infants, Study Shows
Light Control May Prevent Eye Damage in Premature Infants, Study Shows

A study in mice at the Science of Light Center at Cincinnati Children’s shows that lighting conditions can change how newborn eyes develop, with darkness fostering the development of more rods, the...

9/13/2024
BreakingClinical TrialRetinaStudySurgical
OcuDyne Reports Positive Pilot Study Results Using Ophthalmic Artery Angioplasty in GA
OcuDyne Reports Positive Pilot Study Results Using Ophthalmic Artery Angioplasty in GA

OcuDyne, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, reported Sept. 9 that it had successfully completed a pilot study using its Optic System to perform ophthalmic artery angioplasty in patients with geographic a...

9/6/2024
BreakingRetinaStudy
Light Control May Prevent Eye Damage in Premature Infants, Study Shows
Light Control May Prevent Eye Damage in Premature Infants, Study Shows

A study in mice at the Science of Light Center at Cincinnati Children’s shows that lighting conditions can change how newborn eyes develop, with darkness fostering the development of more rods, the...

8/30/2024
BreakingCataractClinical TrialPharmaStudy
Livionex’ Cataract Drop Candidate to Advance After New Analysis of Study Results
Livionex’ Cataract Drop Candidate to Advance After New Analysis of Study Results

A new analysis of 2008 clinical study data has given a boost to Livionex’ topical drop candidate for cataracts, the John Moran Eye Center reported Aug. 16. The drop, called C-KAD, is a formulation ...

8/21/2024
NewsletterRegulationStudy
NEI Would Fold into Another NIH Institute Under Lawmaker’s Proposed Restructuring
NEI Would Fold into Another NIH Institute Under Lawmaker’s Proposed Restructuring

The status of the National Eye Institute (NEI) as a separate unit within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would come to an end under a proposal by a US House committee chair to consolidate t...

8/21/2024
NewsletterRefractiveStudySurgical
OHSU Researchers Discover Link Between Proteins in Tears, Pain After Eye Surgery
OHSU Researchers Discover Link Between Proteins in Tears, Pain  After Eye Surgery

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) say they have discovered a connection between postsurgical ocular pain and levels of certain proteins found in patients’ tears. Some patient...

8/9/2024
BreakingRegulationStudy
NEI Would Fold Into Another NIH Institute Under Lawmaker’s Proposed Restructuring
NEI Would Fold Into Another NIH Institute Under Lawmaker’s Proposed Restructuring

The status of the National Eye Institute (NEI) as a separate unit within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would come to an end under a proposal by a US House committee chair to consolidate t...

8/2/2024
BreakingRefractiveStudySurgical
OHSU Researchers Discover Link Between Proteins in Tears, Pain After Eye Surgery
OHSU Researchers Discover Link Between Proteins in Tears, Pain After Eye Surgery

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) say they have discovered a connection between postsurgical ocular pain and levels of certain proteins found in patients’ tears. Some patient...

7/23/2024
NewsletterStudy
Blinking Boosts Visual Perception Rather than Hindering It, Study Shows
Blinking Boosts Visual Perception Rather than Hindering It, Study Shows

Researchers at the University of Rochester have found that blinking plays a critical role in visual perception, in addition to maintaining eye health. Their research was published in April 2024 in ...

7/5/2024
BreakingStudy
Blinking Boosts Visual Perception Rather than Hindering It, Study Shows
Blinking Boosts Visual Perception Rather than Hindering It, Study Shows

Researchers at the University of Rochester have found that blinking plays a critical role in visual perception, in addition to maintaining eye health. Their research was published in April 2024 in ...

6/24/2024
NewsletterRetinaStudy
COVID-19 Virus Crosses Blood-Retinal Barrier, Researchers at University of Missouri Find
COVID-19 Virus Crosses Blood-Retinal Barrier, Researchers at University of Missouri Find

The virus that causes COVID-19 can breach the blood-retinal barrier, with potential long-term consequences for eye health, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have discover...

6/24/2024
NewsletterRetinaStudy
Low-Dose Aspirin Shows No Effect in Incidence, Progression of AMD
Low-Dose Aspirin Shows No Effect in Incidence, Progression of AMD

An analysis of more than 3,100 older adults, published May 23 in JAMA Ophthalmology, showed that low-dose aspirin taken for three years did not affect the incidence or progression of age-related ma...

6/24/2024
NewsletterRegulationRetinaStudy
Apellis Reports Syfovre Preserved Visual Function at 36 Months in Extension Study
Apellis Reports Syfovre Preserved Visual Function at 36 Months in Extension Study

Apellis Pharmaceuticals reported June 10 that Syfovre (pegcetacoplan injection), its treatment for geographic atrophy (GA), preserved visual function at 36 months in the GALE long-term extension st...

6/21/2024
BreakingRetinaStudy
Low-Dose Aspirin Shows No Effect in Incidence, Progression of AMD
Low-Dose Aspirin Shows No Effect in Incidence, Progression of AMD

An analysis of more than 3,100 older adults, published May 23 in JAMA Ophthalmology, showed that low-dose aspirin administered for three years did not affect the incidence or progression of age-rel...

6/21/2024
BreakingRetinaStudy
Apellis Reports Syfovre Preserved Visual Function at 36 Months in Extension Study
Apellis Reports Syfovre Preserved Visual Function at 36 Months in Extension Study

Apellis Pharmaceuticals reported June 10 that Syfovre (pegcetacoplan injection), its treatment for geographic atrophy (GA), preserved visual function at 36 months in the GALE long-term extension st...

5/24/2024
BreakingCOVID-19Study
Researchers at MU Find COVID-19 Virus Crosses Blood-Retinal Barrier
Researchers at MU Find COVID-19 Virus Crosses Blood-Retinal Barrier

The virus that causes COVID-19 can breach the blood-retinal barrier, with potential long-term consequences for eye health, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have discover...

5/24/2024
BreakingRetinaStudy
Guidelines for Suprachoroidal Drug Delivery Published in Journal Retina
Guidelines for Suprachoroidal Drug Delivery Published in Journal Retina

Retina, The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases, has published new guidelines that represent best practices for injection of therapies into the suprachoroidal space (SCS). The article, publish...

5/22/2024
Clinical TrialGene TherapyIOLIndustryMeetingNewsletterRetinaStudy
Ophthalmic Companies Use ARVO Meeting to Boost Research
Ophthalmic Companies Use ARVO Meeting to Boost Research

Many companies participate in ARVO’s annual meeting to catch the attention of external researchers and propel their research program or clinical trials forward. Two such companies in 2024 were John...

5/22/2024
AIDealsDiagnosticGlaucomaMeetingNewsletterRetinaStudy
Artificial Intelligence Takes Leading Role at 2024 ARVO Meeting
Artificial Intelligence Takes Leading Role at 2024 ARVO Meeting

Artificial intelligence was a prominent topic at the 2024 ARVO meeting. Discussions ranged from using AI in published ophthalmic research to employing it in early detection and monitoring of eye di...

5/22/2024
CornealGlaucomaMeetingNewsletterOcular CancerRetinaStudy
2024 ARVO Awards Highlight New Focus on Inflammation
2024 ARVO Awards Highlight New Focus on Inflammation

The Weisenfeld and Cogan awards and lectures at the 2024 ARVO meeting put a spotlight on inflammation. Martine Jager, MD, PhD (Netherlands), received the Weisenfeld Award in recognition of her pion...

4/26/2024
BreakingCataractGlaucomaOcular CancerRetinaStudy
Researchers in Georgia Establish Database of Proteins in Aqueous Humor to Advance Vision Research
Researchers in Georgia Establish Database of Proteins in Aqueous Humor to Advance Vision Research

The National Eye Institute (NEI) announced April 8 that researchers from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University had established a database of the proteins found in the eye’s aqueous h...

3/22/2024
BreakingDiagnosticRetinaStudy
AI Has Perfect Detection Rate for Severe Cases of ROP in Study
AI Has Perfect Detection Rate for Severe Cases of ROP in Study

Artificial intelligence can accurately and independently detect 100 percent of severe cases of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), according to a study published March 7 in the journal JAMA Ophthalmo...

3/21/2024
Gene TherapyNewsletterRetinaStudy
Oculogenex’ Preclinical Retinal Gene Therapy Heads to Space for Study in Mice
Oculogenex’  Preclinical Retinal Gene Therapy Heads to Space  for Study in Mice

Oculogenex, a California company developing a regenerative gene therapy for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is sending its preclinical work into space. The company’s gene therapy candidate ...

3/21/2024
NewsletterRetinaStudy
Gut Bacteria May Cause Blindness from Some Inherited Eye Diseases
Gut Bacteria May Cause Blindness from Some Inherited Eye Diseases

Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, opening the door for potential treatment with antimicrobials, according to a new study in mice co-led by a researcher at ...

3/8/2024
BreakingGene TherapyRetinaStudy
Oculogenex’ Preclinical Retinal Gene Therapy Heads to Space with Mouse Model
Oculogenex’ Preclinical Retinal Gene Therapy Heads to Space with Mouse Model

Oculogenex, a California company developing a regenerative gene therapy for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is sending its preclinical work into space. The company’s gene therapy candidate ...

3/8/2024
BreakingRetinaStudy
Blindness from Some Inherited Eye Diseases May Be Caused by Gut Bacteria
Blindness from Some Inherited Eye Diseases May Be Caused by Gut Bacteria

Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, opening the door for potential treatment with antimicrobials, according to a new study in mice co-led by a researcher at ...

2/23/2024
BreakingCornealFundingStudy
Australian Research Team Receives $35 Million Grant to Develop Tissue-Engineered Cornea
Australian Research Team Receives $35 Million Grant to Develop Tissue-Engineered Cornea

Researchers in Australia announced Feb. 5 that they had received a $35 million grant from the national government’s Medical Research Future Fund to support the development of a tissue-engineered co...

2/22/2024
NewsletterRetinaStudy
LambdaVision Sends 9th Artificial Retina Experiment to ISS
LambdaVision Sends 9th Artificial Retina Experiment to ISS

LambdaVision’s ninth planned space experiment launched Jan. 30 from Cape Canaveral for the International Space Station. LambdaVision, of Farmington, Connecticut, is trying to leverage microgravity ...

2/22/2024
CornealFundingNewsletterStudy
Team Receives $35 Million Grant to Develop Tissue-Engineered Cornea
Team Receives $35 Million Grant to Develop Tissue-Engineered Cornea

Researchers in Australia announced Feb. 5 that they had received a $35 million grant from the national government’s Medical Research Future Fund to support the development of a tissue-engineered co...

2/22/2024
CornealNewsletterStudy
Mass Eye and Ear Study Reveals that Neuropeptide Promotes Corneal Healing
Mass Eye and Ear Study Reveals that Neuropeptide Promotes Corneal Healing

A recent study by investigators at Mass Eye and Ear of the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology revealed that the neuropeptide α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) promotes cornea...

2/2/2024
BreakingRetinaStudy
LambdaVision Sends 9th Artificial Retina Experiment to ISS
LambdaVision Sends 9th Artificial Retina Experiment to ISS

LambdaVision’s ninth planned space experiment launched Jan. 30 from Cape Canaveral for the International Space Station. LambdaVision, of Farmington, Connecticut, is trying to leverage microgravity ...

1/26/2024
BreakingFundingStudy
Two University of Colorado Ophthalmic Researchers Receive Accelerator Grants
Two University of Colorado Ophthalmic Researchers Receive Accelerator Grants

Two ophthalmic researchers at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus are among nine winners of grants from the Anschutz Acceleration Initiative, a UC Anschutz program that grants awar...

1/19/2024
BreakingCornealStudy
Mass Eye and Ear Study Shows Neuropeptide Promotes Corneal Healing
Mass Eye and Ear Study Shows Neuropeptide Promotes Corneal Healing

A recent study by investigators at Mass Eye and Ear of the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology revealed that that administration of the neuropeptide α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone ...

12/29/2023
BreakingDiagnosticRetinaStudy
AI Model Using Retinal Images Accurately Diagnoses Autism in Korean Study
AI Model Using Retinal Images Accurately Diagnoses Autism in Korean Study

Korean researchers were able to identify all children with autism, with no false positives, using an AI model based on 2D retinal images of the optic disc area. Their findings were published in the...

12/29/2023
BreakingDealsStudy
ECM to Collaborate with Pitt’s Fox Center on Restoring Optic Nerve Damage
ECM to Collaborate with Pitt’s Fox Center on Restoring Optic Nerve Damage

ECM Therapeutics, of Warrendale, Pennsylvania, reported Dec. 19 that it would collaborate with the Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration on work to restore vision following optic nerve damage....

12/29/2023
BreakingStudy
National Eye Institute Selects Richard Lee, MD, PhD, as Clinical Director
National Eye Institute Selects Richard Lee, MD, PhD, as Clinical Director

The National Eye Institute (NEI) announced Dec. 4 that it had chosen Richard Lee, MD, PhD, as the institute’s clinical director, overseeing clinical research and serving as clinical policy advisor....

12/20/2023
BreakingRetinaStudy
Researchers Identify and Block Retinal Capillary Stiffening in Early-Stage Diabetes
Researchers Identify and Block Retinal Capillary Stiffening in Early-Stage Diabetes

Researchers at Doheny Eye Institute, in collaboration with researchers at UC Irvine, have discovered retinal capillary stiffening in early-stage diabetes in mice. Blocking this stiffening inhibited...

12/20/2023
BreakingIndustryRetinaStudy
InMed Expands Ophthalmic Pipeline with Cannabinoid Analog INM-089 Targeting AMD
InMed Expands Ophthalmic Pipeline with Cannabinoid Analog INM-089 Targeting AMD

InMed Pharmaceuticals, of Vancouver, Canada, announced Nov. 29 that it had added to its pipeline INM-089, a cannabinoid analog, to investigate its potential treatment effect in age-related macular ...

12/14/2023
NewsletterRetinaStudy
Researchers Identify and Block Retinal Capillary Stiffening in Early-Stage Diabetes
Researchers Identify and Block Retinal Capillary Stiffening in Early-Stage Diabetes

Researchers at Doheny Eye Institute, in collaboration with researchers at UC Irvine, have discovered retinal capillary stiffening in early-stage diabetes in mice. Blocking this stiffening inhibited...

9/21/2023
DiagnosticNewsletterStudy
EarliTec’s Eye Tracking System for Autism Gains Attention in Two JAMA Journals
EarliTec’s Eye Tracking System for Autism  Gains Attention in Two JAMA Journals

EarliTec Diagnostics reported Sept. 5 that The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) had released study results for its eye tracking system for autism in two of its publications. The s...

9/8/2023
BreakingDiagnosticStudy
EarliTec’s Eye Tracking System for Autism Gains Attention in Two JAMA Journals
EarliTec’s Eye Tracking System for Autism Gains Attention in Two JAMA Journals

EarliTec Diagnostics reported Sept. 5 that The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) had released study results for its eye tracking system for autism in two of its publications. The s...

8/22/2023
CornealNewsletterStudy
Cedars-Sinai Study Identifies How Diabetes Slows Healing in the Eye
Cedars-Sinai Study Identifies How Diabetes Slows Healing in the Eye

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles say they’ve identified diabetes-associated epigenetic changes to the cornea, providing a new understanding of how the disease delays wound healing in th...

8/10/2023
BreakingFundingGlaucomaPharmaStudy
NIH $2.5 Million Grant Funds Glaucoma Treatment Research at Missouri S&T
NIH $2.5 Million Grant Funds Glaucoma Treatment Research at Missouri S&T

The Missouri University of Science and Technology announced July 31 that one of its professors researching glaucoma treatments was awarded a grant from the National Institutes for Health that will ...

7/28/2023
BreakingCornealStudy
Cedars-Sinai Study Identifies How Diabetes Slows Healing in the Eye
Cedars-Sinai Study Identifies How Diabetes Slows Healing in the Eye

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles say they’ve identified diabetes-associated epigenetic changes to the cornea, providing a new understanding of how the disease delays wound healing in th...

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