LAS VEGAS — Zepto is an “innovative disposable device” that utilizes “precision pulsed technology” to create capsulotomies and shows promise in adoption by cataract surgeons when it comes to market, according to the company’s senior executive.John Hendrick, president and CEO of Mynosys Cellular Devices, told colleagues at the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit here that “for many months and years,” the company has been focusing on being able to create “a perfectly round capsulotomy, every time.”
The Critical Quality Measure: Patient Safety
(MedPage Today) — Hospitals could do much more to prevent errors
Oral anti-VEGF, anti-PDGF advanced in pipeline of wet AMD treatments
LAS VEGAS — Early data from study of orally administered X-82 show promise for treating wet age-related macular degeneration, according to a presentation here. X-82 (Tyrogenex) is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) with both anti-VEGF and anti- platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) activities.
Tyrogenex announces results from phase 1 study of orally-administered X-82 in patients with AMD
Tyrogenex, a privately held company focused on the development of targeted therapeutics for cancer and ophthalmology, today announced data from its phase 1 open-label study of orally-administered X-82 in patients for wet age-related macular degeneratio…
ALPHAEON signs agreement with PhysIOL to develop and commercialize Trifocal lens technology
ALPHAEON Corporation today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with PhysIOL SA of Belgium, to jointly develop and commercialize an exclusive ALPHAEON-branded Trifocal lens technology. Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Ranibizumab may become reasonable treatment alternative for patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Among patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, treatment with an injection in the eye of the drug ranibizumab resulted in visual acuity that was not worse than panretinal photocoagulation at 2 years, according to a study appearing in JAMA.