Cornea/External Disease News

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Christopher E. Starr, MD, discusses post hoc data investigating Tyrvaya nasal spray for dry eye disease treatment in patients on antidepressants.

MILAN — At the ESCRS meeting, Efekan Çoşkunseven, MD, speaks about combined treatment in keratoconus.

SAN DIEGO — A comparison of over-the-counter Pataday drops with OTC Claritin tablets at 15 minutes and 24 hours showed that the drops were more effective at relieving ocular itching in patients with allergic conjunctivitis.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with dry eye disease were found to have increased levels of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, according to Selina McGee, OD, FAAO.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Francis W. Price Jr., MD, discusses an engineered fibroblast growth factor from Trefoil Therapeutics for Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy.

SAN DIEGO — Modifying gut function with probiotics and prebiotics can improve inflammation and, consequently, the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease, said a researcher during a virtual American Academy of Optometry press conference.

Less than 5% of adults with thyroid eye disease who completed a full course of teprotumumab therapy required an additional course of the agent, according to a presenter at the American Thyroid Association annual meeting.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Michelle Senchyna, PhD, of Aerie Pharmaceuticals, provides an update on the company’s ongoing projects.

MILAN — At the ESCRS meeting, Jorge Alió, MD, PhD, presents innovations in the treatment of traumatic aniridia and cataract surgery in eyes with severe corneal opacity.

MILAN — In this video at the ESCRS meeting, Damien Gatinel, MD, PhD, speaks about IOL power calculation.