Optometry News

Optometry Giving Sight has named Donna J. Mikulecky, CPA, as the organization’s next executive director, replacing retiring Lois Schoenbrun, FAAO, according to a press release.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, William B. Trattler, MD, of the Center for Excellence in Eye Care in Miami, discusses how the EVO ICL may be beneficial for patients with keratoconus and myopia.

The FDA granted rare pediatric disease and fast track designations to gildeuretinol, an investigational oral therapy for the treatment of Stargardt disease, according to a press release from Alkeus Pharmaceuticals.

The European Commission has approved Opuviz 40 mg/mL solution, a biosimilar referencing Eylea, according to a press release from Samsung Bioepis and Biogen.

INDIANAPOLIS — Although early detection of keratoconus is critical, it is also important to understand how to manage later-onset or progressive disease in older patients, according to a lecture at Academy 2024.

Eyenovia’s phase 3 CHAPERONE study evaluating low-dose atropine delivered via the company’s Optejet dispenser is not meeting its primary endpoint of a less than 0.50 D progression in visual acuity over 3 years, according to a press release.

Adverum Biotechnologies reported positive 52-week data from the phase 2 LUNA trial as well as long-term follow-up results from the OPTIC trial of Ixo-vec in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, of Harvard Eye Associates discusses three tools to improve cataract surgery planning.

INDIANAPOLIS — Dry Eye Questionnaire-5 scores did not appear to align with ocular signs of dry eye in pediatric patients, highlighting the need for diagnostic tools tailored for children, according to a poster at Academy 2024.