Optometry News

The FDA approved the Vabysmo 6-mg single-dose prefilled syringe for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema and macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, according to a Genentech press release.

Topline results from the phase 2b RELIEF trial demonstrate that licaminlimab has the potential to reshape the treatment paradigm of dry eye disease, offering a more precise strategy than current methods.

PARK CITY, Utah — In this Healio Video Perspective from Clinical Trials at the Summit, Shankar Ramaswamy, MD, of Kriya Therapeutics highlights the company’s gene therapy programs for geographic atrophy and thyroid eye disease.

PARK CITY, Utah — In this Healio Video Perspective from Clinical Trials at the Summit, Reenie McCarthy of Stealth BioTherapeutics discusses a phase 3 clinical trial of elamipretide in dry age-related macular degeneration.

For the fourth consecutive year, Prevent Blindness has declared June 28 to July 4 as Fireworks Safety Awareness Week, a time to educate the public about the dangers of fireworks.

PARK CITY, Utah — In this Healio Video Perspective from Clinical Trials at the Summit, Arshad M. Khanani, MD, MA, FASRS, of Sierra Eye Associates in Nevada, presents 3-month data on AVD-104 for geographic atrophy.

Adults with diabetes or obesity using semaglutide may have an increased risk for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, a common form of optic neuropathy, according to data published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

When she became program committee co-chair of this year’s Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, Anna Momont, MD, knew she wanted the meeting to focus on the challenges that women still face in the field.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Wave-guided optics application technology may now help patients with keratoconus, according to a speaker at Optometry’s Meeting.

Alcon completed the acquisition of Belkin Vision, including its direct selective laser trabeculoplasty technology, according to a press release.