Intraocular Pressure

OTX-TIC, a hydrogel-based implant that delivers travoprost, demonstrated similar IOP control compared with topical therapy, according to a study.

In diabetes, the most life-altering consequences can occur decades after diagnosis — like glaucoma.

When a patient has a cataract and glaucoma, my mindset is not “this is a cataract patient who happens to have glaucoma.” Rather, I approach it as “this is a glaucoma patient who happens to have a cataract.”

Justin A. Schweitzer, OD, FAAO, said that his SECO lecture on innovations in glaucoma featured current and upcoming technology and treatments including the correcting applanation tonometer system and IOP sensors placed inside the eye.

Micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation lowered IOP in pediatric patients with refractory glaucoma, according to a poster at the virtual American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus annual meeting.

Betaliq has enrolled the first patient in a phase 2 trial investigating BTQ-1901 and BTQ-1902 for the treatment of glaucoma or ocular hypertension, according to a press release.

An investigation involving healthy adult eyes naïve to scleral contact lens wear identified a minimal effect on IOP homeostasis and optic nerve morphology after wearing lenses.

Roclanda has received marketing authorization from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in Great Britain, according to a press release from Aerie Pharmaceuticals.

One of the strategies for severely ill patients with COVID-related acute respiratory distress is to place them in prolonged prone positioning.

FDA clearance for an additional Omni surgical system indication and the potential to delay treatment in patients with early glaucoma led glaucoma coverage in March.