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Shawn Kavoussi, MD, shared insights from his research on using infrared video for vitreous opacities and comparing postoperative reduction in vitreous opacity scores using infrared video with the Heidelberg spectralis unit.

Durga Borkar, MD, MMCi, joined our team to discuss the FARETINA-DME study At the 2023 ASRS meeting in Seattle, Washington.

Richard B. Rosen, MD, shared insights from his presentation from ASRS 2023 on "New 'MacGyver-inspired' endolaser option for chandelier-assisted scleral buckles" with Sheryl Stevenson, our Group Editorial Director.

Cindy Cai, MD, shared insights from her presentation from ASRS 2023 on "Health disparities in lapses in diabetic retinopathy care" with Sheryl stevenson, our Group Editorial Director.

Michael Ip, MD, shared his perspective on the 2023 ASRS meeting in Seattle, Washington. He noted presentations and trends that are key at this event and why he thinks they are valuable topics to understand and review for retina specialists.

Diana Do, MD, professor of ophthalmology and vice chair of clinical affairs at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, spoke with our team about the 2-year data on the PHOTON study, which involved 8 milligrams of aflibercept for diabetic macular edema at the 2023 ASRS meeting in Seattle, Washington.

At the 2023 ASRS meeting in Seattle, Washington, Carl Danzig, MD, caught up with our team to share the exciting results of the GATHER 1 and GATHER 2 clinical trials for avacincaptad pegol for the treatment of geographic atrophy.

Aaron Lee, MD, shared how research and new techniques are expanding the options for deep learning in ophthalmology. He spoke with our team at the 2023 ASRS meeting in Seattle, Washington to share more about this research.

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.

The DR:EAM trial will evaluate topically delivered OTT166 eye drops in adult patients with moderately severe to severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) or mild proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) with minimal vision loss.

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).

This certifies that the facility adheres to a comprehensive set of regulatory standards as set by the NABP to ensure safety of drugs and medical devices in the US.

The drug, known as XIPERE in the US, is used to treat uvietic macular edema and goes by the name Arcatus when licensed by Clearside Biomedical’s partner in China, Arctic Vision.

Naor is stepping down to pursue new opportunities and will be replaced by Kenneth Sall, MD who has been appointed as Opthea’s Senior Medical Advisor.

This allosteric tyrosine kinase (TYK2) inhibitor may help to treat the disregulation of TYK2 mediated pathways may also play an important role in conditions, including noninfectious uveitis.

This trial is testing tinlarebant, a novel oral therapy which is intended to reduce the accumulation of toxins in the eye that cause STGD1 and contribute to geographic atrophy (GA).

The PHOTON study demonstrates the long-term efficacy and safety of this treatment for patients with DME.

This investigational new drug application was cleared for the company’s phase I/II clinical trial.

The fellowship is a one-year program that will provide comprehensive training to residency graduates in the latest advancements in ophthalmology, including diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, surgical procedures, and clinical research.

Intergalactic's non-viral gene therapy platform is designed to overcome limitations of standard adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy technologies.

The two-hour event will share details on the company’s clinical programs for retina diseases through formal presentations and a live Q&A session.

The study demonstrated a meaningful increase in the long chain and very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids whose deficit is associated with dry AMD.

Get caught up on the approvals and hear directly from Kaushal Solanki, PhD, Founder and CEO of Eyenuk.

The company announced the Complete Letter Response from the FDA for the Biologics License Application for aflibercept 8 mg is “solely due to an ongoing review of inspection findings at a third-party filler.”

The study will include 100 patients with the aim of determining effective and ineffective standards of eye injections for AMD to better personalize future medical evaluations.

The certification will allow 20/20 Onsite to make clinical trials more accessible to patients nationwide and expand site options for sponsors while maintaining performance and data collection standards, including BCVA and DR testing.

This phase will evaluate UNITY’s UBX1325 (foselutoclax) in a head-to-head comparison with aflibercept for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME).

Modern Retina is looking back at the first half of 2023 as we explore the role of AI in the retinal field in anticipation of the changes to come.