Volk Optical has built on its recently launched manually operated MERLIN® with a new Condensing Lens Assembly (CLA). This new option provides vitreoretinal surgeons the same detailed retinal views through the microscope, with the convenience of fully …
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MERLIN® Condensing Lens Assembly Facilitates Switches Between Corneal And Retinal Views
Volk Optical has built on its recently launched manually operated MERLIN® with a new Condensing Lens Assembly (CLA). This new option provides vitreoretinal surgeons the same detailed retinal views through the microscope, with the convenience of fully …
Advancements In LASIK Vision Correction
LASIK is a surgical procedure intended to reduce a person’s dependency on glasses or contact lenses(1). It is a nearly painless procedure and has been FDA approved for well over a decade. Overall, LASIK patient satisfaction rate rivals that of any othe…
FDA Grants Priority Review For VEGF Trap-Eye For The Treatment Of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the Company’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for VEGF Trap-Eye for the treatment of the neovascular form of age-related macula…
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Eye Physicians Need To Expand Their Tool Box To Include Molecular Medicine In The Form Of Low-Cost Nutrition-Based Interventions
Dr. Richer, speaking at his 4th annual Nutrition & The Eye conference, April 16-17, hosted by the College of Optometry at the University of Missouri in St. Louis, says molecular medicine is beginning to provide hope for patients with declining sight wh…
Annual Eye Exams Not Cost-Effective For People With Diabetes And At Low Risk Of Diabetic Retinopathy Progression
Eye examinations every other year are more cost-effective than currently recommended annual eye exams for people with diabetes who are at low risk of diabetic retinopathy progression…
InSite Vision Updates Special Protocol Assessment Submission To FDA For Phase 3 Trial Of AzaSite Plus™ And DexaSite™
InSite Vision Incorporated (OTCBB:INSV) today announced that the Company recently received eight minor recommendations regarding its proposed agreement with the U.S…
Neurotech’s NT-501 Implant Demonstrates Statistically Significant Photoreceptor Preservation In Patients With Retinal Degenerative Disease
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that, as reported in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (April, 2011, Vol…
Reporting EHR Meaningful Use for Medicare Bonus Begins Monday
Physicians who qualify as meaningful users of electronic health record systems will receive an extra $18,000 from Medicare this year, as early as May. Medscape Medical News
Researchers Make First Bioartificial Organ In Spain
A University of Granada research group composed of professors Antonio Campos and Miguel Alaminos (histologists), Maria del Mar Perez, Ana Ionescu and Juan de la Cruz Cardona (opticians) and the ophthalmologist Miguel Gonzalez Andrades, University Hospi…
Researchers create artificial cornea using pig and human stem cells
Researchers extracted pig corneal cells and replaced them with human stem cells. Thus, the University of Granada takes the lead in the making of bioartificial organs, a field so far led by the Hospital Gregorio Marañón in Madrid.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Vision Van Takes Flight
On April 12, the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Vision Van left Miami on its way to Sendai, Japan to join forces with Keio University School of Medicine in a special Japan Eye Rescue Mission to assist Japan with recovery from the devastation caused by the…
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Vision Van Takes Flight
On April 12, the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Vision Van left Miami on its way to Sendai, Japan to join forces with Keio University School of Medicine in a special Japan Eye Rescue Mission to assist Japan with recovery from the devastation caused by the…
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Vision Van Takes Flight
On April 12, the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Vision Van left Miami on its way to Sendai, Japan to join forces with Keio University School of Medicine in a special Japan Eye Rescue Mission to assist Japan with recovery from the devastation caused by the…
Phakic IOL Surpasses LASIK In Stability And Predictability At 10 Years Postop
Despite endothelial cell loss, implantation of an angle-supported phakic IOL for high myopia proved more stable and predictable than LASIK at 10 years, a study found.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Vision Van Takes Flight
On April 12, the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Vision Van left Miami on its way to Sendai, Japan to join forces with Keio University School of Medicine in a special Japan Eye Rescue Mission to assist Japan with recovery from the devastation caused by the…
Congress Votes to Fund Government Through September 30
Lawmakers face harder decisions as they turn to budget proposals for fiscal 2012, long-term plans to reduce the federal deficit, and markedly different approaches to controlling Medicare and Medicaid costs. Medscape Medical News
RegeneRx Reports New Statistically Significant Data Confirming Repair Of Corneal Damage In Dry Eye Model
RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: RGRX) (“the Company” or “RegeneRx”) today announced positive new data related to RGN-259, its preservative-free ophthalmic drug candidate. In a second “dry eye” study conducted by Ora, Inc…
Ophthalmology Faculty To Be Launched By Faculty Of 1000
Leading researchers and clinicians specializing in the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye will select and evaluate key articles and scientific posters in this field for inclusion in the F1000 service. Dr Andrew Lee and Dr Dimitri Azar head up …