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Espansione Announces Lightwave II | OBN
Espansione Group announced today the second wave of its major research effort aimed at contributing to the prevention and management of dry AMD. Having announced the European study LightWave I at ESCRS 2022 in Milan, Espansione Group is today announcing…
How to Diagnose and Treat Thyroid Eye Disease
TED is an autoimmune disease in which the eye muscles and fatty tissue behind the eye become inflamed. This inflammation can push the eyes forward (“staring” or “bulging”) or cause the eyes and eyelids to become red and swollen. In some…
Scleritis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
What Is Scleritis? Scleritis is a rare and potentially serious inflammatory eye condition that affects the sclera, the white part of the eye. It is usually accompanied by severe eye pain and can cause vision loss if left untreated. There…
Dry Eye & Ocular Allergy
Ocular allergy is a common clinical disorder that includes dry eye syndrome in its differential diagnosis. While ocular allergy treatments have continued to evolve since the early 1990s when the new prescription topical agents became available, there have been no…
Congenital Plasminogen Deficiency & Blood Ties
Two types of plasminogen deficiency are described in the medical literature. Congenital type 1 plasminogen deficiency is a quantitative disorder with parallel reductions in both the level of immunoreactive and functional plasminogen; type1 plasminogen deficiency is also called hypoplasminogenemia, and…
Advancements in Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma
Most people who have open-angle glaucoma feel fine and do not notice a change in their vision at first because the initial loss of vision is of side or peripheral vision, and the visual acuity or sharpness of vision is…
Latest Medications For Dry Eye Disease Treatment
Dry eye disease includes a group of conditions in which the eye does not produce an adequate volume of tears or when the tears are not of the correct consistency. The chance of experiencing dry eye increases with age, affecting approximately…
AGTC-501 Offers Vision Gains for X-Linked RP
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), also referred to as inherited retinal dystrophies, are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders, primarily involving photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and/or the choroid. Taken as a whole, IRDs have an estimated global…
Oral Azithromycin vs Doxycycline for MGD
A study published online in JAMA Ophthalmology found that treatment of severe meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) with three weeks of oral azithromycin is equivalent to six weeks of doxycycline. The study was conducted by Phit Upaphong, M.D., from Chiang Mai…
Ocumension Submits NDA for Zerviate in China
Nicox SA announced that its exclusive Chinese partner, Ocumension Therapeutics, has submitted a new drug application (NDA) seeking approval for commercialization of Zerviate (cetirizine ophthalmic solution), 0.24%, in China. The intended use of Zerviate is for the treatment of ocular…