Crosslinking studied as alternative to antibiotic treatment for infectious keratitis

BARCELONA — Photoactivated chromophore for keratitis, a crosslinking technique specifically aimed at treating infectious keratitis, is showing promising results and could be a valid alternative to antibiotics at a time when resistance is an alarming concern, according to a speaker. “PACK-CXL crosslinking dates back to 2007, when our group realized that CXL could treat corneal infections. One of the key elements in our discovery was solar disinfection, propagated by WHO as a means to make water drinkable,” Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, said at the EuCornea Congress preceding the European Society (Read more...)

Optovue Showcases Retinal Blood Flow Measurement Capability for Improving Management of Diabetes-Related Vision Loss

FREMONT, Calif. & BARCELONA, Spain–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Optovue, the global leader in the development and commercialization of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), today announced AngioAnalytics™, a significant expansion of its OCTA technology, at the 33rd congress of the European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) being held in Barcelona, Spain from September 5-9. This new capability will provide clinicians with the ability to quantify the density of blood flow in the