Optometry News

The Savings on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan was introduced in 2023 by the Biden Administration and replaces the Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE) program. SAVE continues to evolve with new benefits for student loan borrowers.

In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASRS meeting, Pravin U. Dugel, MD, of Ocular Therapeutix discusses the phase 3 program for Axpaxli, an axitinib implant for wet age-related macular degeneration.

In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASRS meeting, Danny Mammo, MD, of Cole Eye Institute discusses the real-world effect of triamcinolone acetonide on IOP in patients with uveitic macular edema.

PARK CITY, Utah — In this Healio Video Perspective from Clinical Trials at the Summit, Jill Hopkins, MD, of Aura Biosciences discusses a phase 3 program in ocular oncology.

Multiuse eye drop bottles are often discarded at medical centers long before the FDA-regulated expiration date, leading to significant drug waste and increased costs, according to research published in Ophthalmology.

One intravitreal injection of 4D-150 helped reduce the mean annualized anti-VEGF injection rate in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration, according to a study presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists meeting.

In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASRS meeting, Durga Borkar, MD, of Duke University Eye Center presents data from a phase 1b study investigating ONL1204, a Fas inhibitor, for geographic atrophy.

Overtreating acute conjunctivitis with topical antibiotics may contribute to antibiotic resistance with no improvement in outcomes, according to a research letter published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Interim safety data from a post-authorization study of Luxturna in patients with genetic retinal diseases were consistent with clinical trial data, according to a presentation at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting.

Taking a daily supplement with antioxidant vitamins and minerals may slow the progression of late-stage dry age-related macular degeneration and could help maintain central vision in affected patients, according to researchers at NIH.