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Alcon Finalizes Acquisition of BELKIN Vision
Alcon has finalized its acquisition of BELKIN Vision, marking a significant expansion of its glaucoma treatment offerings. The acquisition, valued at $81M upfront, with potential additional payments up to $385M contingent on sales milestones, includes BELKIN Vision’s innovative Direct Selective…
Roche’s Vabysmo Receives CHMP Recommendation for RVO
Roche announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a positive opinion recommending the extension of marketing authorization for Vabysmo (faricimab). This recommendation includes the treatment of visual impairment…
Association Between Parental and Child Astigmatism
A recent study published online Dec. 21 in JAMA Network Open suggests that parental astigmatism might have an independent and dose-dependent relationship with child astigmatism. Ka Wai Kam and colleagues at the Chinese University of Hong Kong investigated the relationship…
What Is Symblepharon? | OBN
What Is Symblepharon? Symblepharon is a medical condition characterized by the adhesion of the conjunctiva, the clear membrane that covers the white part of the eye and the inside of the eyelids, to the cornea, the clear front part of…
Top 10 Ophthalmologists Who Changed the Field
Ophthalmology, the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye-related diseases and disorders, has made great strides in the past century. The following ten individuals are among the most influential and accomplished ophthalmologists in history, each…
CHMP Issues Negative Opinion on Syfovre for Geographic Atrophy
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) delivered a negative opinion on the marketing authorization application (MAA) for Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Syfovre (pegcetacoplan), intended for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA). CHMP’s Assessment…
Researchers Awarded Grants to Advance Vision Restoration Efforts
Researchers at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, have been granted nearly $4 million in R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to bolster their work at CellSight, the Ocular Stem Cell and Regeneration…
Antibiotics Help Prevent Infections in Cataract Patients
A recent study published in JAMA Ophthalmology has highlighted the effectiveness of selective intracameral antibiotics combined with 1% povidone iodine in reducing the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. Led by Jeroen van Rooij, MD, from Rotterdam Eye Hospital,…
Thea Pharma’s New Website for Iyuzeh Support
Thea Pharmaceuticals launched a new website aimed at providing comprehensive resources to ophthalmologists for the effective use of latanoprost ophthalmic solution 0.005%, marketed as Iyuzeh, in patient care. This initiative comes in response to feedback from Eye Care Professionals (ECPs)…
Researchers Find a Novel Way to Monitor Eye Microcirculation
For the first time, scientists from the International Centre for Translational Eye Research (ICTER), based at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, have used multiwavelength laser Doppler holography to assess blood flow in various layers…