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LAS VEGAS — Ocular Therapeutix is in the broad and late-stages of the pipelines for its anterior and posterior sustained-release therapies, according to a presentation here. “Every year we have a lot of advances, a lot of status updates to show where we are,” Amar Sawhney, president and CEO of Ocular Therapeutix, said at a company media briefing at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting. “What we are hoping to accomplish is to transform eye care using sustained therapies.”

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LAS VEGAS — Cross-linking is the standard-of-care in countries outside of the U.S., and surgeons should educate their patients with keratoconus on its advantages, according to one speaker here. “It is important for surgeons in the U.S. to understand that cross-linking is standard-of-care outside the U.S. I think we are in a position where we are obligated to inform our patients or educate them about the availability here or abroad,” Parag A. Majmudar, MD, said at the Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day preceding the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.

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LAS VEGAS — A new intraoperative corneal imaging device, swept-source microscope-integrated OCT, demonstrates new dimensions for real-time intraoperative imaging of the corneal and anterior segment and provides live three-dimensional anatomical information for surgical guidance, according to a speaker here. “Combining the two [ophthalmic surgical microscope and OCT imaging] gives you microscope integration of OCT technology that allows for intraoperative imaging for surgical guidance,” Terry Kim, MD, said at the Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day preceding the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.

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LAS VEGAS — Visunex Medical Systems has launched the PanoCam LT Wide-field Digital Imaging System and PanoCam Review Software to help further telemedicine and introduce universal screening of all newborns, according to a presentation here.In a company media briefing preceding the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting, Darius M. Moshfeghi, MD, and a panel comprised of Audina M. Barrocal, MD, R.V. Paul Chan, MD, and Andrew A. Moshfeghi, MD, discussed trends and advances in pediatric ophthalmic imaging, as well as the concept of universal vision screening for all newborns.

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LAS VEGAS — At the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit, Ramgopal Rao, CEO of LensGen, discusses the company’s development of an accommodating IOL for presbyopia correction. LensGen is currently conducting a pilot study in the U.S.

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LAS VEGAS — DigiSight Technologies Inc. announced the launch of its new suite of products for remote patient care, Paxos, at the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit here.The Paxos comprehensive portfolio consists of an HIPAA-compliant cloud-based portal, mobile imaging device, vision assessment smartphone application and analytics that assist physicians in monitoring patient data in real time and assessing patient outcomes, according to a company press release.

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