BioLight Israeli Life Sciences Investments Ltd., a firm that invests in, manages and commercializes biomedical innovations grouped into clusters around defined medical conditions, announces that ViSci, its wholly owned subsidiary, has filed an Investig…
Macular Health launches two ocular nutrition delivery systems
Macular Health has introduced two new products: MacuSpray, an intra-oral spray, and MacuStrip Premier, an oral thin film, according to a press release. The products are expected to deliver ocular nutrition for patients with age-related macular degenera…
InSite reports annual net income, but lack of operational funds imminent
InSite Vision reported revenues of $30.8 million for 2013, compared with $21.6 million for 2012, according to a press release. Net income was $5.8 million for the year, or $0.04 per share, compared with a net loss of $8.3 million, or $0.06 per share, i…
Discovery offers hope for new treatments for retinal blindness
A new report published online in The FASEB Journal may lead the way toward new treatments or a cure for a common cause of blindness (proliferative retinopathies). Specifically, scientists have discovered that the body’s innate immune system does more t…
Cataract Surgery Improves Vision in Patients With AMD
Cataract surgery significantly improved visual acuity in patients with all levels of age-related macular degeneration severity. Medscape Medical News
Do Physician ‘Rules of Conduct’ Extend Outside of Medicine?
What code of conduct applies to a physician who becomes a politician, journalist, or TV personality hawking medical miracles? Medscape Internal Medicine