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Paul Hahn, MD, PhD, shared insights on research comparing the relative efficacy of pegcetacoplan versus avacincaptad pegol in patients with geographic atrophy presented at the 2023 ASRS annual meeting.

The program was created based on direct requests to CHCP by local employers, led by UT Southwestern Medical Center, who noted a high need for skilled ophthalmology assistants.

President and CEO at Outlook Therapeutics, Russ Trenary, shared an update on the company's work toward FDA approval for Bevacizumab with our team at the 2023 ASRS annual meeting.

Megan Baldwin, PhD, CEO and Managing Director of Opthea Limited, spoke with our team about the company's clinical trial drug OPT-302 (sozinibercept) at the 2023 ASRS annual meeting.

The main finding was that the male grand round attendees were more likely to pose 1 of the first 3 questions compared with female attendees.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. presented results from the GALE extension study at the 2023 ASRS annual meeting in Seattle. The results indicated that continuous treatment with SYFOVRE (pegcetacoplan injection) for 30 months continued to show increasing beneficial effects.

Tarek Hassan, MD, spoke with our team about a novel glyco-mimetic nanoparticle, Aviceda AVD-104, being developed for the treatment of geographic atrophy.

At the 2023 ASRS annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, MD, spoke with our team to share information on the GALE extension study.

The Modern Retina team caught up with one of our board members, Fernando Arevalo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASRS, who shared information on his presentation on the treatment of progressively symptomatic retinal detachments associated with retinoschisis cases at the 2023 ASRS annual meeting.

At the 2023 ASRS annual meeting, Dante Pieramici, MD, spoke with our team to share information on OPT-302, or sozinibercept, for the treatment of neovascular AMD and other retinal vascular diseases.

In the study, researchers found that nearly one-quarter of anti-VEGF injections were received at least 1 week later than intended.

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.

Matthew R. Starr, MD, discusses how secondary lens techniques have changed over time.

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.

The research saw that new-onset full-thickness macular holes (FTMHs), especially those resulting from blunt ocular trauma, might close spontaneously without the need for a surgical intervention.

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.

In presentations at the ASRS 41st Annual Meeting in Seattle, additional analyses support consistent protection from vision loss.

During presentations at the ASRS 41st Annual Meeting in Seattle, Apellis noted that there was no indication that drug product or manufacturing issues contributed to rare events of retinal vasculitis, and no events were reported in clinical trials.

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.

This study of patients was designed to identify unexpected adverse effects of these new pharmacologic therapies that may not have been observed or anticipated during clinical research trials. The studied drugs were biosimilars to the reference drug ranibizumab.

In a presentation at the ASRS 41st Annual Meeting in Seattle, Diana Do, MD, said the PHOTON study demonstrated the potential aflibercept 8 mg could have in reducing the treatment burden for patients.

RGX-314, an investigational formulation being developed in collaboration with AbbVie, may be a potential one-time treatment for nAMD, diabetic retinopathy, and other chronic retinal conditions.

According to Clearside Biomedical, a pair of presentations at the ASRS annual meeting in Seattle highlight CLS-AX as a potential treatment option for wet AMD treatment with a new mechanism of action and the possibility for longer duration of effect than current therapies.

Mark Breazzano, MD, FACS, who is presenting Outcomes and Clinical Features Predictive of Fungal Endophthalmitis at the 2023 ASRS meeting in Seattle, Washington spoke with our team about this research.

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 company announced at the ASRS annual meeting in Seattle the phase 2 Dose Expansion (N=50) initial interim efficacy and safety data presentation expected at medical conference in H1 2024.

Jennifer I. Lim, MD, FARVO, FASRS shared insights from her presentation on "Detection of early diabetic retinopathy using OCT-A blood flow analysis" with our team.