Opthea to present at upcoming events to highlight work on wet AMD
November 21st 2024Gregg T. Kokame, MD, MMM, FASRS, is set to share data from a predefined subgroup of the sozinibercept Phase 2b wet AMD trial related to patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), measured at 24 weeks.
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FDA authorizes marketing of Valeda Light Delivery System for treatment of patients with dry AMD
November 12th 2024"The De Novo authorization established Valeda as the first device for treatment of dry AMD patients with vision loss and creates a threshold for this novel class of photobiomodulation (PBM) devices..."
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers receive grant to study potential dry AMD treatment
November 8th 2024A $6.4 million grant over 5 years from the National Institutes of Health’s National Eye Institute was awarded conduct drug development work and investigational new drug (IND)-enabling toxicology studies.
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AAO 2024: Preventing and managing complications following vitreoretinal surgery
November 3rd 2024Vaidehi S. Dedania, MD, from the New York University (NYU) Langone Health and the Grossman School of Medicine, spoke with the Eye Care Network at this year's AAO meeting held in Chicago, Illinois. She insights from the session, "Preventing and managing complications following vitreoretinal surgery."
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AAO 2024: Management of the vitreous for the anterior segment surgeon
November 2nd 2024Vikas Chopra, MD, from the Doheny Eye Institute of UCLA, caught up with the Eye Care Network at this year's AAO meeting held in Chicago, Illinois. He shared how technology has advanced ophthalmic surgery over the years and how hands on sessions at the meeting allow surgeons to train for rare complications that can arise during routine surgeries.
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AAO 2024: Aging in the ophthalmology profession
November 1st 2024Alfredo Sadun, MD, PhD, is the chief of Ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute of UCLA. At this year's AAO meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, he stopped by the Eye Care Network booth to share insights from the symposium "Professional Longevity 2.0: Assessing the Ophthalmologist," which he presented during.
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AAO 2024: Fundus photography/OCT expediates care in the emergency department
October 31st 2024Valerie Biousse, MD, from the Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, shared insights on how ocular imaging in the emergency department can provide timely, accurate diagnosis while also benefiting the on-call ophthalmologists.
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