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According to the company, a change from base line best corrected visual acuity based on an average at week 44, 48 and 52 serves as the primary endpoint.

G6501 is a suspension of human allogeneic retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells currently in development for the treatment of GA secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

The company announced preliminary US net revenues of about $74 million for the injection, approved by the FDA earlier this year.

Our team spoke to David Almeida, MD, PhD, MBA about his EURETINA presentation titled, The Real-World Efficacy and Safety of Faricimab in Neovascular AMD: The TRUCKEE Study.

Our team spoke to Varun Chaudhary, MD, about his EURETINA presentation, titled "Systematic Review and Metanalysis in Macular Hole RCTs – Posturing after Macular Hole Surgery."

Researchers have developed a robotic system that automatically positions examination sensors to scan human eyes.

Experts in the field weigh in on and give opinions on the question "What do you wish patients knew about eye health."

Altris also has advanced AI models to enable vendor-neutral retina layers segmentation as well as detection and visualization of more than 70 retina conditions such as dry and wet age-related macular degeneration, geographic atrophy, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema and central retinal vein occlusion.

Experts in the field weigh in on and give opinions on the question "What do you wish patients knew about eye health."

Experts in the field weigh in on and give opinions on the question "What do you wish patients knew about eye health."

The company announced its previously announced agreement to divest its late-stage ophthalmic assets to Laboratoires Théa S.A.S. has been terminated.

The specialty pharmaceutical research company’s new retinal vascular dysfunction model can have an impact on the research and development of new drugs for retinal vascular diseases.

Kriya is developing a one-time gene therapy designed to block complement C3 and C5, which are clinically validated substrates targeted by FDA approved therapies, to delay the progression of geographic atrophy.

The Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, dubbed "America’s Nobel," recognizes the wide use of optical coherence tomography to manage eye disease, prevent blindness.

According to a news release, the J-code for SYFOVRE will become effective on October 1, 2023.

Kiora CEO Brian Strem, PhD, offers an update on the development of KIO-301, a molecule that selectively targets retinal ganglion cells, giving them the ability to sense light.

The research will focus on the compound's impact on biomolecular condensates, which are implicated as a key driver of pathology in neurodegeneration and diseases impacting high metabolic organs. Because the retina is one of the highest energy consuming systems in the human body, deficits in energy supply can be catastrophic.

According to the companies, the partnership will roll out a proprietary system that has earned FDA breakthrough designation, one of the few ophthalmic devices to achieve this status in almost a decade.

To educate patients on the disease, the company has enlisted the help of actor Eric Stonestreet and his mother, Jamey.

Researchers from the University of Barcelona are looking to unlock the function of genes in order to design therapies to treat patients diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa.

"Modern Family" actor and his mother, Jamey, are sharing their family’s story of GA and AMD to raise awareness of the disease.

According to the company, GATHER-2 24-month results met the primary objective of reducing the rate of GA growth in patients treated with IZERVAY compared to sham.

The company has released a video presentation that highlights combining genetic markers with high-resolution retinal imaging to assist in the detection and treatment of blindness and multiple systemic diseases.

Few treatment options available for early stages of disease.

According to the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, elovanoids have been shown to restore the structure and integrity of damaged photoreceptor cells by repairing, remodeling and regenerating healthy cells.

The competition is offering an opportunity for amateur and professional photographers to demonstrate their skills and share with the world what they see and what it means to #LoveYourEyes.

According to the company, the clinical study update suggests continued positive trends in best-corrected visual acuity and multi-luminance mobility testing as well as positive trends in low-luminance visual acuity among treated eyes.

Alex Gorsky currently sits on the boards of Apple, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, and the Travis Manion Foundation, as well as the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Board of Advisors.

The company is expanding its patent portfolio to 10 granted patents and 32 pending patent applications.

According to the company, OPGx-LCA5 is designed to address vision loss due to Leber congenital amaurosis associated with mutations in the LCA5 gene, which causes one of the most severe early-onset retinal dystrophies.