September 15th 2025
Optain Health secures $26 million in Series A funding to enhance AI-driven retinal disease detection and expand its technology.
FDA approves Regeneron’s aflibercept injection 8mg for treatment of DME, DR, wet AMD
August 19th 2023According to Regeneron, the approval was based on data in the PULSAR and PHOTON trials, in which the drug demonstrated clinically equivalent vision gains to aflibercept Injection 2 mg that were maintained with fewer injections.
20/20 Onsite earned site readiness certification, providing mobile option for clinical trials
June 26th 2023The certification will allow 20/20 Onsite to make clinical trials more accessible to patients nationwide and expand site options for sponsors while maintaining performance and data collection standards, including BCVA and DR testing.
AI-based eye disease detection startup, Eyetelligence raises $12 million USD from investors
May 17th 2023Eyetelligence will offer non-invasive point-of-care technology to diagnose a range of diseases, including diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, with AI algorithmic retinal image analysis.
Stress resilience-enhancing drugs may provide new therapeutics to treat AMD, DR, and RP
May 11th 2023The study results show the potential of SREDs to treat progressive, chronic retina conditions including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), and retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
Published data demonstrates the effects of PL8331 in mouse models of retinal disease
April 19th 2023Palatin Technologies, Inc. announced manuscript publication that summarizes data demonstrating the effects of PL8331 in two mouse models of retinal disease, experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis and diabetic retinopathy.
APAO 2023: Step therapy from Bevacizumab to Aflibercept for DME
February 24th 2023Voraporn Chaikitmongkol, MD, discussed step therapy and reported the results of a major study, the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research (DRCR) Protocol AC, at the 38th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.