Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, resigned this week after six years as FDA Commissioner, an agency spokesperson confirmed with Healio. Stephen M. Ostroff, MD, has been appointed acting commissioner, according to a letter penned by Hamburg to FDA employees.
InSite Vision and Nicox have entered into a licensing agreement for the development and commercialization of InSite’s AzaSite, AzaSite Xtra and BromSite, according to a press release.Under the agreement, Nicox is granted exclusive rights to commercialize the products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. InSite will receive an upfront payment of $3 million and potentially $13.75 million in milestone payments, the release said.
RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing innovative therapies addressing high-unmet medical needs, today announced the closing of its previously disclosed exclusive global license agreement for the …
In one of the largest population-based studies ever conducted on nearsightedness in children, researchers have discovered that lower-income students in China have better vision than their middle-class counterparts. Data show that nearsightedness, also …
The prevalence of clinically significant myopia among middle-income students in China may be almost twice that of lower-income students, according to a study.The study compared students from China’s 14th ranked administrative region of Shaanxi vs. students from the second poorest province of Gansu; 19,626 students were randomly selected from one class among the fourth and fifth grades from one school of each township from each of the provinces. Clinically significant myopia was classified as uncorrected visual acuity of 6/12 or worse in either eye and a spherical equivalent of–0.5 D (Read more...)
In one of the largest population-based studies ever conducted on nearsightedness in children, researchers have discovered that lower-income students in China have better vision than their…