Ophthalmology

Programming includes 16 EURETINA sessions; 22 symposia; 44 instructional courses; 85 hours of content, and more than 300 speakers.

Visual benefit is not seen during first 2 years of Protocol W study.

Dexamethasone implant, aflibercept offer a safe treatment option for diabetic macular edema.

Dr. Mark Breazzano discusses pandemic-related patient hesitancy and how retina specialists can help.

In response to a previously published article, three ophthalmologists present their views on intravitreal pharmacotherapy injections.

Results may represent a retinal degenerative change.

Investigators uncovered evidence that CaMKII could prove to be a desirable therapeutic target for vision preservation in conditions that damage the axons and somas of retinal ganglion cells.

Despite setbacks in DME, Adverum Biotechnologies said it will continue to develop ADVM-022 for wet AMD.

Long-term sustained-release therapy pays off in management of chronic, vision-threatening disease.

Outlook Therapeutics completes Phase 3 NORSE TWO safety and efficacy trial for ONS-5010, an investigational ophthalmic formulation of bevacizumab for treatment of wet AMD.

Mark Breazzano, MD, discusses the future of telehealth for retina specialists.

The U.S. FDA granted orphan drug designation to ADX-2191, methotrexate for intravitreal injection, as treatment for retinitis pigmentosa.

FDA will be asked to consider ONS-5010 for treating wet AMD.

If approved, Genentech’s treatment of faricimab will be the first and only medicine targeting two distinct pathways, Ang-2 and VEGF-A, that often cause retinal diseases that may cause vision loss.

New opportunities continue to develop in an evolving landscape.

With orphan drug and fast track status, Neurotech plans to seek FDA approval for its NT-501 Implant platform late next year.

Investigators have found that 78% of neovascular AMD cases have been detected using the PHP home monitoring system.

A team of investigators used corneal confocal microscopy to identify corneal nerve damage in cases of long COVID-19.

The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery hosted its 2021 ASCRS and ASOA Annual Meeting July 23-27 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc. has dosed its first patient in a late-stage Phase 2b trial of a gene therapy that delivers multi-characteristic opsin to retinal cells.

Mark Breazzano, MD, discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily practice for retina specialists.

A team of investigators found that the retina may offer signs of COVID-19 infection before symptoms present.

Why investigators are considering AMD to be a disease spectrum rather than a single disease.

Dual imaging may reduce costs, unnecessary referrals, telehealth study results show.

Promoting Tie2 signaling activity may complement inhibition of VEGF in addressing pathology in disease states characterized by angiogenesis, vascular permeability, and inflammation.