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The American Society of Retina Specialists is hosting its annual meeting this year in Seattle, Washington. Our team caught up with Baruch Kupperman, MD, PHD who is presenting, "Improving vision and dry AMD matching mechanism with the right patient population and stage of disease" to learn more about this topic.

Detrimental effects of IVB may not be recognized at an early age, which underscores the importance of following these children over time.

APX3330 achieved statistical significance in preventing clinically meaningful progression of diabetic retinopathy.

The presenter, Jeffrey S. Heier, MD, Director of the Retina Service and Retina Research, Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, and an investigator in ARCHER will deliver the data on July 30, 2023.

Genentech will highlight its ophthalmology portfolio at the American Society of Retina Specialists 2023 annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, including a late-breaking presentation on Vabysmo’s effect on epiretinal membrane (ERM) formation in DME compared to aflibercept.

The company plans to share the first-in-human safety data from the Phase 2/3 SIGLEC trial evaluating intravitreal AVD-104.

The oral presentation, entitled “Population Pharmacokinetics and Safety of OPT-302, an anti-VEGF-C/-D ‘trap’ in Patients with Retinal Vascular Diseases” will take place on July 31, 2023 in Seattle, Washington.

Apellis has announced that seven abstracts will be presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists Annual Scientific Meeting including safety and efficacy data for the company’s pegcetacoplan injection for geographic atrophy (GA).

The 2023 41st annual meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) will run from Thursday, July 27 to Tuesday, August 1 in Seattle, a city filled with sightseeing, museums, and great food to explore.

Antimicrobial resistance is resistance to multiple classes of antibiotics, which makes it extremely challenging to treat infections caused by such organisms.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be highly instrumental in patient care in all medical specialties and will be highly relevant in eye care.

Ala Moshiri, MD, PhD, provides an overview of current treatment options for diabetic macular edema.

Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, FEBOphth, shared his pearls situations in which a patient presents with a cataract and corneal opacity at the European Society of Ophthalmology Conference, Prague.

Paracentral acute middle maculopathy can develop after excessive intake of caffeine and alcohol according to Obadah Moushmoush, MD.

Omnigen® may be an alternative treatment option for patients with a persistent corneal epithelial defect. The product provides a convenient and effective treatment that can be administered in an outpatient setting.

The 12-month data demonstrated maintenance of controlled wet AMD subjects comparable to aflibercept injections every eight weeks with a single administration of OTX-TKI.

Senescent cells accumulate in areas of disease activity in DME and wet age-related macular degeneration and release mediators that drive the pathology. UBX1325 seems to prevent that disease activity.

Patients who are non-responders to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy may benefit from intravitreal dexamethasone.

Ramin Tadayoni, MD, PhD, considers factors for choosing the right metrics and avoiding bias in clinical trials to prevent waste.

Arshad M. Khanani, MD, MA, MASRS, shares long-term data outcomes of patients treated with the port delivery system for neovascular AMD.

Tarek S. Hassan, MD, FASRS, provides an update on glycoimmunology as a next-generation treatment paradigm for geographic atrophy.

Caroline Baumal, MD shares an update on visual function data from DERBY and OAKS Studies based on her presentation at the 2023 Clinical Trials at the Summit annual meeting, held in Park City, Utah.

Margaret Chang, MD, MS, spoke with Modern Retina to give an update on avacincaptad pegol for geographic atrophy.

Ocular Therapeutix is scheduled to present trial results as well as participate in a panel discussion and sponsor a presentation at the 2023 Clinical Trials at the Summit Annual Meeting.

The European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) 2023 Congress will convene from June 15 to 17 in Prague, Czech Republic.

SOE holds a special place in its heart for the up-and-coming young ophthalmologists and is providing them a number of opportunities to hone their skills and establish professional contacts at this meeting.