Optometry News

According to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, more consistent international data are necessary to fully understand myopia and its underlying mechanisms.

ATSN-201 received orphan drug designation from the FDA for the treatment of X-linked retinoschisis, according to a press release from Atsena Therapeutics.

ANI Pharmaceuticals finalized its acquisition of Alimera Sciences, according to a press release.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Richard Lewis, MD, speaks about femtosecond laser image-guided high-precision trabeculotomy, or FLigHT.

Patients with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease had significantly greater putative retinal gliosis compared with controls, according to study results published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

Prevent Blindness has declared Sept. 16 to 22 as Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week and is offering free educational resources and expert videos for the public and eye care providers.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Dan Z. Reinstein, MD, speaks about hyperopic SMILE with the VisuMax 800 excimer laser from Carl Zeiss Meditec.

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BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, speaks about the physical principles of extended depth of focus lenses.