A Los Angeles philanthropist has created an innovative foundation model that will provide up to $1.2 million to help fund and commercialize research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel…
More Than 72,000 Clinical Photographs Illustrate Age-Related Eye Disease Progression
The National Institutes of Health has expanded a genetic and clinical research database to give researchers access to the first digital study images…
How Effective Are AMD Drugs in Treating Diabetic Macular Edema?
At the AAO meeting in October, researchers reported that anti-VEGF drugs such as ranibizumab (Lucentis) and pegaptanib (Macugen) also appeared to be effective in improving visual acuity in patients with diabetic macular edema in a series of randomized, controlled trials.
Flexivue and AcuFocus Among New Options That May Eliminate Need for Reading Glasses
The following new technologies were reviewed at the AAO meeting in October 2010 for addressing presbyopia : an intracorneal bifocal corrective lens called Flexivue from Presbia Corp., which is inserted under the cornea; an implant called AcuFocus that that reduces the…
Tallis PR: Ophthalmos Collects Platinum Award For Lens-Free Ophthalmoscope
New screening device wins at Nursing Times Product Awards Optyse™, the lens-free ophthalmoscope has been recognised with a Platinum Award in the Patient Observation category at the inaugural Nursing Times Product Awards…
Company Profile for Iris Pharma
–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Iris Pharma is an independent Contract Research Organization (CRO), dedicated to preclinical and clinical research in ophthalmology.