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ELT Sight has acquired the IP and assets for MLase’s excimer ophthalmic laser system for glaucoma surgery, according to a press release.

The German state of Saxony has granted a $7.5 million grant to Mannin, a technology partner of Q BioMed Inc., to develop novel pharmaceuticals and biologic treatments for glaucoma, according to a press release.

The 35th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, co-hosted by the Chinese Ophthalmological Society, will take place April 22-26, 2020, in Xiamen, China. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the 25th Congress of COS.

LAS VEGAS – Evaluating the pupil is an often-neglected procedure, according to Mario Gutierrez, OD, here at Vision Expo West.

LAS VEGAS – Justin Schweitzer, OD, said here at Vision Expo West that the increase in the number of glaucoma patients necessitates optometrists’ involvement in both long- and short-term postoperative management. ODs must monitor patients who underwent minimally invasive glaucoma surgery for hyphema, hypotony and IOP spikes. In addition, glaucoma medications should be removed one at a time, after 1 week, once target pressure is met.

Topcon has launched the Maestro2 automated OCT/fundus camera with OCT angiography, according to a press release.