LONDON, UK, 29 June 2011 – Optos plc (LSE: OPTS), a leading medical retinal imaging company, announced that it reached an important milestone for its ultra-widefield retinal imaging product line – capturing images for 30 million optomap patients.
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Mediphacos To Launch The MFR2, A New Generation Of Acrylic IOLs at The 29th Pan-American Congress Of Ophthalmology (PAAO) 7-9 July 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina
On behalf of Mediphacos Ltda. (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), we would like to invite you to learn about Mediphacos’ new generation of acrylic IOLs, the MFR2, at the upcoming Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina (7-9 July…
LCA-Vision Announces Management Resignation
LCA-Vision Inc. , a leading provider of laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus® brand, today announced that Marcello J. Celentano has resigned as Senior Vice President of Operations effective July 11, 2011 to lead a company outside of th…
Leave Fireworks To The Professionals This Fourth Of July: American Academy Of Ophthalmology Offers Tips For Fireworks Safety
Each Fourth of July, thousands of people are injured from using consumer fireworks. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 9,000 fireworks-related injuries happen each year. Of these, nearly half are head-related injuries w…
ADA: Anti-VEGF ‘Impressive’ In Sharpening Vision
The good news continues to roll in for ranibizumab (Lucentis) in diabetic macular edema with positive results from the RIDE and RISE trials.
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Mimetogen Pharmaceuticals Inc. Announces Positive Top Line Data From Phase II Clinical Trial Of MIM-D3 For Dry Eye Disease
Mimetogen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Mimetogen”) today announced positive top line data from a Phase II clinical trial with MIM-D3, its lead drug for the treatment of dry eye. The trial demonstrated statistically significant improvements in signs and sympt…
Leave Fireworks To The Professionals This Fourth Of July: American Academy Of Ophthalmology Offers Tips For Fireworks Safety
Each Fourth of July, thousands of people are injured from using consumer fireworks. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 9,000 fireworks-related injuries happen each year. Of these, nearly half are head-related injuries w…
Leave Fireworks To The Professionals This Fourth Of July: American Academy Of Ophthalmology Offers Tips For Fireworks Safety
Each Fourth of July, thousands of people are injured from using consumer fireworks. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 9,000 fireworks-related injuries happen each year. Of these, nearly half are head-related injuries w…
The Revolutionary Training Tool For Cataract Surgery
The Kitaro DryLab and WetLab Kits are revolutionary educational and training tools for cataract surgery. These innovative kits offer realistic surgical simulation through specially designed synthetic materials that give the look and feel of the natural…
Reichert Technologies Launches New Advantage Plus Chair And Stand
Reichert Technologies is pleased to announce the release of their new Advantage Plus Chair and Stand. The Advantage Plus unit features the same robust construction as the original Advantage Chair and Stand, which has successfully served the eye care co…
EYLEAT (aflibercept Injection) Submitted In Japan For Marketing Authorization For The Treatment Of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bayer HealthCare today announced thatBayer Yakuhin, Ltd., Osaka, Japan, has submitted an application to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan for marketing authorization for EYLEAT, also known as …
BCVA Stabilizes With As-Needed Anti-VEGF
A low number of anti-VEGF injections in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration produced positive results after 1 year of treatment, but the results fell short of the efficacy associated with more frequent injections, according to a …
ACT Granted EU Orphan Medicinal Product Designation For HESC-Derived RPE Cells For Treatment Of Stargardt’s Disease
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. , a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) has officially granted ACT’s human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-der…
STAAR Surgical Announces First Visian® ICL V4c Implants In Europe
STAAR Surgical Company, the leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive refractive lenses that go inside the eye, today announced the completion of the first procedures to implant its recently CE Mark-approved Visian® Implantabl…
Suprachoroidal Tube Drainage May Be Effective As Initial Glaucoma Treatment
Suprachoroidal tube drainage of aqueous humor may be a preferred initial treatment for glaucoma patients without prior trabeculectomy, a study found.
NEW! The Revolutionary Training Tool For Cataract Surgery
The Kitaro DryLab and WetLab Kits are revolutionary educational and training tools for cataract surgery. These innovative kits offer realistic surgical simulation through specially designed synthetic materials that give the look and feel of the natural…
Dry Eye With Reflex Tearing Causes Significant Proportion Of Tearing Cases
A mechanism other than nasolacrimal duct obstruction was responsible for tearing in a significant proportion of patients, a study found.
Next Generation Gene Therapy
PHILADELPHIA – Inspired by earlier successes using gene therapy to correct an inherited type of blindness, investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, are poised to extend their approach to other types of blind…
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