Improved diet and other lifestyle changes may account for the lower prevalence of the retinal disorder, researchers say. Medscape Medical News
Retinal Changes Seen With Antimalarial Drugs (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — The visual consequences of retinopathy associated with antimalarial drug use can be progressive and devastating, a retrospective study showed.
AMD Prevalence Falling in U.S. (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Fewer Americans are facing vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) than in prior decades — possibly due in part to healthier lifestyles, according to national population data.
Medical Innovation @ CES 2011: PixelOptics emPower! Electronic Eyeglasses
Hey, bifocal users! Do your glasses give you headaches? Are you straining your eyes trying to see the paper through that tiny reading segment? Are progressive bifocals sooooo 2010? There’s good news for you!
This week at CES, Viriginia-based PixelOpt…
InSite Vision Completes Patient Enrollment In ISV-303 Phase 1/2 Clinical Study For Post-Surgical Ocular Pain And Swelling
InSite Vision Incorporated (OTCBB:INSV), a company developing novel ophthalmic therapeutics, has announced that patient enrollment was recently completed in the company’s Phase 1/2 clinical trial of ISV-303, a novel compound being developed to reduce …
Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals And Celtic Therapeutics Enter Final Agreement In Ophthalmology
Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals (Resolvyx) and Celtic Therapeutics Holdings L.P. (Celtic Therapeutics), a successor firm to Celtic Pharma, announced today that they have entered into a final agreement under which Celtic Therapeutics has acquired and licensed …