Diabetic Retinopathy

Breakthrough suprachoroidal injection technique offers promising treatment for diabetic retinopathy, reducing visual threatening complications from 37% to 4% with minimal inflammation and office-based procedure.

This partnership aims to address care gaps by identifying untreated and undertreated patients at scale.

Susvimo is the first and only FDA-approved, continuous delivery treatment shown to maintain vision in people with DR with just one refill every 9 months.

In total, 613,690 images used for screening were included in the study.

New research reveals how low blood sugar can damage the retina in diabetes, highlighting potential treatments targeting specific proteins to prevent vision loss.

Palatin Technologies reveals groundbreaking preclinical results on melanocortin agonists, showcasing their potential to combat diabetic retinopathy and preserve vision.

At Retina World Congress 2025, Dilsher S. Dhoot, MD, shares updates on the HELIOS trial and the potential future of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).

KIO-104 is a therapeutic candidate shown to significantly reduce retinal scar formation.

LuxIA is designed to screen adult diabetic patients for more-than-mild diabetic retinopathy.

The company announced 27 abstracts at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2025 Annual Meeting from May 4 to 8 in Salt Lake City.

The FDA did not agree with a supplemental Biologics License Application for the addition of extended dosing intervals of up to 24 weeks across currently-approved indications.

Results showed an unequal distributions of these clinical trials among rural and low-income populations.

VX01-DR-201, is a phase 2, multi-center, double-masked, randomized, placebo-controlled study in patients with moderate to severe NPDR without center-involved diabetic macular edema (CI-DME).

Below a specific threshold, FCP exerts a protective effect, but above that threshold the protective effect becomes uncertain.

Researchers from the Czech Republic found that an AI system showed higher sensitivity and specificity for screening diabetic retinopathy compared to telemedicine evaluations.

Tarcocimab is an investigational anti-VEGF therapy built on Kodiak's proprietary antibody biopolymer conjugate (ABC) platform.

A recent study of AEYE-DS AI technology used in conjunction with the Topcon NW500 resulted in exceptional clinical diagnostic efficacy.

DRSS stable/improved with OKT-TKI; drug well tolerated

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Roche, Ainnova, and Salud 360 signed this alliance to improve access to vision screening in patients with uncontrolled diabetes.

A case report demonstrates independent effect of GLP-1 receptor agonist.

A recent cohort study revealed low adoption of FDA-approved AI-based diabetic retinopathy detection, with less than 5% of diabetic patients receiving ophthalmic imaging. Researchers emphasize the need for improved awareness, cost-effectiveness, and integration to increase diabetic retinopathy screening rates.

Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA, shared insights from recent publications on teleretinal screenings for diabetic retinopathy. She will be presenting an overview of these findings at the annual American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting being held in Chicago, Illinois during a talk entitled, "The use of teleretinal screening for diabetic retinopathy."

In the first five months of the program at Henrietta Johnson Medical Center, 26% of patients with images gradable by EyeArt tested positive for either more-than-mild or vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy.

AEYE Health will attend the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting, from October 18-21 in Chicago.

Shruti Sharma, PhD, and a team from the MCG Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, hope to focus in on a new treatment pathway for diabetic retinopathy.