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With this funding, the DISCOVER study will evaluate the safety and tolerability of three doses of AXT107 in patients with wet AMD.

The results of this study demonstrated the good safety and tolerability of HLX04-O.

Going forward, sozinibercept will be the official moniker of OPT-302, which holds fast track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Clearside Biomedical developing a long-acting therapy for the treatment of retinal diseases, including wet AMD.

DAYLIGHT is the first of the company's 3 studies and was a randomized, double-masked, active comparator-controlled study evaluating the efficacy and safety of a high-intensity dosing regimen of tarcocimab tedromer.

Dr Varun Chaudhary presents the retreatment decisions during the treat-and-extend phase of the TENAYA and LUCERNE clinical trials in neovascular AMD, focusing on the percentage of patients who maintained, extended, or reduced their treatment interval based on visual and anatomic criteria.

Dr Varun Chaudhary discusses the impact of personalized treat-and-extend-based dosing on visual and anatomic outcomes of faricimab in the TENAYA and LUCERNE clinical trials in neovascular AMD.

According to 4DMT, the Dose Expansion stage of the PRISM trial is a multicenter, randomized study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of 4D-150 at two different dose levels.

R100 is an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector invented by 4DMT for intravitreal delivery.

Researchers found that better general health and ability to drive were each separately associated with significantly lower risk of death among individuals with AMD.

While these injections are the standard treatment for this patient population, the investigators found a subgroup of patients who had severe visual loss between 2 consecutive intravitreal injections.

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

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

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.

Real-world patients often fail to achieve and retain the visual acuity results observed in clinical trials for anti–VEGF-A therapy. Broader therapeutic inhibition of additional angiogenic factors VEGF-C and VEGF-D could change that.

EyeBio has begun the dosing of the first participants in its Phase 1b/2 AMARONE clinical trial for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

This two-in-one option, PreserVision AREDS 2 Formula eye vitamins plus CoQ10 combines the exact nutrient formula recommended by the National Eye Institute (NEI) to help reduce the risk of moderate to advanced Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) progression.

The company’s pipeline includes treatments for XLRP, AMD, and cone-rod dystrophy (CRD).

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

RAFARM and BioNanoSim have entered into an agreement to create a new Opthalmic company: BNS Opthalmics (BNSO).

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.

CLS-AX is a proprietary suspension of axitinib for suprachoroidal injection being assessed for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).

World No Tobacco Day helps to bring focus onto risk factors and symptoms of early vision loss linked to smoking.

VABYSMO is the first treatment for wet AMD and DME in Canada that acts by targeting both VEGF-A and Ang-2, two key drivers of vascular instability that have been associated with vision-threatening retinal conditions.

The company is currently developing treatments for age related macular degeneration as injections and eye drops, among others.

The iPredictTM AI Eye Screening System will provide a fully automated age-related macular degeneration (AMD) screening report in less than 60 seconds.

PMC-403 is a first-in-class antibody that activates TIE2, a receptor specifically expressed in vascular endothelial cells. The clinical trial will take place in multiple hospitals in South Korea.

AIV007 is a broad spectrum tyrosine kinase inhibitor, targeting the convergence of fibrosis, angiogenesis, and inflammation.

Leo P. Semes, OD, shared his insights on early detection of age-related macular degeneration during the 17th annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care symposium in Los Angeles, California.