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Catch up on this week's highlights in retina.

VG801 is a dual AAV gene therapy that leverages mRNA trans-splicing via the vgRNA REVeRT and vgAAV platforms to deliver the full-length ABCA4 gene for Stargardt disease and related retinal disorders.

Retina specialist Jay Chhablani, MD, discusses 3D choroidal vessel segmentation, uncovering critical insights into macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and potential systemic disease connections using advanced OCT technology.

Gore recently launched its silicone-free GORE IMPROJECT Plunger for 0.5-mL pre-filled syringes for the delivery of ophthalmic drugs.

Areas covered by the agreement would cover key Asian marketplaces, including Japan and China.

Retinal vascular change or degeneration already has been associated with Alzheimer and Parkinson disease, and the findings suggest that neurologic diseases impact ocular health.

International retina specialists converge to explore groundbreaking treatments, drug delivery systems, and surgical innovations at the Retina World Congress 2025.

The trial will evaluate AXPAXLI in at least 555 patients in a multi-center, double-masked, randomized (2:2:1), 3-arm study.

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.

Two FDA-approved geographic atrophy treatments show significant patient dropout, with 45% discontinuation by 18 months, driven by baseline vision, CNV, and lack of immediate visual improvement.

Study reveals faricimab effectively treats diabetic macular edema in underrepresented minorities, showing significant visual acuity improvements and safety across diverse patient populations.

New analysis reveals the ellipsoidal zone's role in predicting geographic atrophy progression, enabling timely interventions to protect photoreceptors.

Ophthalmologist Dilraj Grewal explores cutting-edge clinical trials for uveitis treatment, highlighting new targeted therapies that aim to control inflammation and macular edema with fewer steroid-related side effects.

New clinical guidance for anterior and posterior uveitis was published by a research team from the University of Bristol.

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

Lexitas Pharma Services' CMO discusses groundbreaking ophthalmology conference, emphasizing innovative clinical trials, emerging treatments for eye diseases, and the potential for transformative patient care strategies.

The new surgical technique incorporates a new surgical clamp that maintains eye pressure during the insertion of two tissue patches in immediate succession while minimizing damage to the surrounding tissue.

Focused on corneal disease research, Deng has been part of ARVO in various roles for more than 20 years.

ABCA4-associated retinopathies include Stargardt disease, retinitis pigmentosa 19, and cone-rod dystrophy 3.

The pivotal phase 3 clinical trial is the first of 2 that will evaluate the use of DURAVYU for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration.

Join global experts at the 2025 International SPECTRALIS Symposium in Heidelberg, exploring innovations in ophthalmology and space-related ocular health.

New research links diffuse-trickling patterns in fundus autofluorescence to increased ellipsoidal zone loss, highlighting potential biomarkers for rapid geographic atrophy progression.

The cross sector initiative that intends to drive a shift from reactive to proactive health care by leveraging ocular data through the means of oculomics.

The results of an investigation into iRORA identified a wide spectrum of fundus autofluorescence patterns that corresponded with iRORA lesions and that those patterns were associated with conversion to cRORA over time.

The designation is based off previously reported phase 3 data from the ongoing DRAGON trial.

Retina specialist Priya Vakharia, MD, reveals promising ANX007 trial results, showing potential to prevent vision loss in geographic atrophy.

The system was taught quality standards by being fed more than 1400 images from different parts of the retina taken by adaptive-optics ophthalmoscopy.