Multifaceted dry eye disease defined in long-awaited TFOS DEWS II report

Aptly published in the Dry Eye Awareness Month of July was the long-awaited Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society Dry Eye Workshop II report. Ten years have passed since the TFOS DEWS I report was published, and this new iteration discloses the results of years of intensive work by 150 experts from 23 countries, working in 12 subcommittees, who considered the wide-ranging, multiple aspects of dry eye disease.“Our objective was to achieve a global consensus concerning multiple aspects of dry eye disease,” David A. Sullivan, PhD, the workshop organizer, said. “More specifically, the TFOS DEWS II sought to update the definition, classification and diagnosis of dry eye disease, critically evaluate the epidemiology, pathophysiology, mechanism and impact of this disorder, address its management and therapy, and develop recommendations for the design of clinical trials to assess pharmaceutical interventions for dry eye disease treatment.”