Optometry News

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.

According to the CDC, H5N1 bird flu has caused recent outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, with a total of four human cases reported among U.S. dairy and poultry workers. In at least two cases, the only reported symptom was red eyes.

The FDA approved FYB203/Ahzantive as a biosimilar to Eylea, according to a joint press release from Formycon and Klinge Biopharma.

PARK CITY, Utah — In this Healio Video Perspective from Clinical Trials at the Summit, Thomas Aaberg Jr., MD, of Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, discusses NT-501, an encapsulated cell therapy in development for macular telangiectasia type 2.

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KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — A study presented at Kiawah Eye found no difference in surgical outcomes between endoscopic and external dacryocystorhinostomy in adults and children with nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

As a past president of the Pennsylvania Optometric Association, I am very familiar with how our profession expands its scope of practice.

Digital health company Luminopia Inc. announced real-world data from the Patients Using Prescription Luminopia Registry, which demonstrated the efficacy of its binocular, virtual reality-based medical device for children with amblyopia.

PARK CITY, Utah — In this Healio Video Perspective from Clinical Trials at the Summit, David Kirn, MD, of 4D Molecular Therapeutics provides an update on two candidates for retinal diseases.