Cornea/External Disease News

Optometrists prescribe eye drops to patients every day for a variety of conditions, including chronic, progressive diseases like glaucoma, and we give the most basic of instructions: “Put a drop in each eye, twice a day.” Simple, right?

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, John D. Sheppard, MD, MMSc, discusses treatment options for patients with concurrent corneal disease and cataracts.

TAMPA, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Telling It Like It Is meeting, P. Dee Stephenson, MD, gives an overview of promising options available for presbyopia correction.

Some eye care specialists may believe they do not have time have time to deal with ocular surface disease — that tackling dry eye disease is too time-consuming, complicated and confusing, potentially making them inefficient with patients.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Kamran Hosseini, MD, PhD, CEO of Surface Ophthalmics, discusses the company’s programs for its dry eye products.

SAN DIEGO — Nearly 90% of patients with Demodex blepharitis experienced clinically meaningful cure rates of their collarettes after using lotilaner ophthalmic solution 0.25% twice daily for 43 days, according to a poster presented at Academy 2022.

TAMPA, Fla. — At the Telling It Like It Is meeting here, Cynthia A. Matossian, MD, FACS, discusses meibomian gland dysfunction and Sight Sciences’ fair access campaign.

TAMPA, Fla. — At the Telling It Like It Is meeting here, Robert F. Melendez, MD, MBA, discusses the importance of measuring tear osmolarity before refractive or cataract surgery.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Laura M. Periman, MD, discusses slit lamp investigation techniques to more effectively scan for Demodex blepharitis.

The FDA has accepted a new drug application for reproxalap, an investigational new drug candidate for signs and symptoms of dry eye disease, manufacturer Aldeyra Therapeutics announced in a press release.