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Christine Kay, MD, on the 152-week results of the RESTORE study for retinitis pigmentosa | Ophthalmology Times
Christine Kay, MD, a vitreoretinal surgeon and IRD specialist from Gainesville, Florida, presented the results of the RESTORE trial for MCO-010 optogenetic therapy for retinitis pigmentosa. The trial was a 152-week analysis of a novel gene therapy targeting bipolar cells.…
Horus Pharma selected as additional commercialization partner for aflibercept biosimilar in Europe | Ophthalmology Times
(Image credit: AdobeStock) Klinge Biopharma GmbH (“Klinge”), the exclusive owner of the global commercialization rights of Formycon’s Eylea1 biosimilar FYB203 (aflibercept), issued an additional semi-exclusive license agreement with Horus Pharma for the commercialization of FYB203/Baiama 2 in selected European countries.1…
David Almeida, MD, MBA, PhD, advances ophthalmic training with near real surgical specimens | Ophthalmology Times
David Almeida, MD, MBA, PhD, highlights near real surgical systems (NRSS), providing ophthalmologists with anatomically accurate models that replicate real surgical scenarios for training, research, and device development. (Image credit: AdobeStock/Iurii) A vitreoretinal surgeon and clinician-scientist with Erie Retina Research…
Kalaris enrolling phase 1b/2 study of TH103 for nAMD | Ophthalmology Times
(Image credit: ©kwanchaift/AdobeStock) Kalaris Therapeutics announced the company is currently enrolling a phase 1b/2 multiple ascending dose (MAD) study of TH103 for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).1 “The phase 1b/2 study represents an important milestone in advancing…
Effects of calcium channel blockers on visual field progression in glaucoma patients
(Image credit: AdobeStock) Researchers from UK and Italian institutions investigated the association between the effects of calcium channel blockers and the rate of visual field (VF) progression in patients with glaucoma. First author Giovanni Montesano, MD, PhD, and colleagues reported…
Sandoz and Regeneron reach agreement over biosimilar dispute
(Image Credit: AdobeStock) Sandoz and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals have announced an agreement settling all patent disputes between the 2 companies relating to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Sandoz aflibercept biosimilar. Sandoz received FDA approval for its biosimilar Enzeevu (aflibercept-abzv)…
UnitedHealthcare updates Glaucoma Surgical Treatments policy
(Image Credit: AdobeStock/gguy) UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has updated its Glaucoma Surgical Treatments policy to include goniotomy, trabeculotomy, canaloplasty (ab interno), combined canaloplasty (ab interno), and trabeculotomy procedures when deemed medically necessary for treating mild to moderate open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and cataracts…
Beacon Therapeutics reports positive phase 2 results for gene therapy in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa
(Image Credit: AdobeStock/Dmitrii Kotin) Beacon Therapeutics recently revealed topline data results for 2 of the company’s phase 2 trials—SKYLINE and DAWN, both investigating laruparetigene zovaparvovec (laru-zova) in patients with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP).1 The data was presented during the 2025…
Amir Kashani on biomarkers for Alzheimer disease
(Image credit: AdobeStock/Pixel Matrix) Amir H. Kashani, MD, PhD, is a professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute in Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. In an interview with Ophthalmology Times, Kashani discussed a research paper on OCT-A angiography’s…
Opus Genetics doses first patient in LYNX-3, phase 3 trial of phentolamine ophthalmic solution 0.75%
(Image Credit: AdobeStock/svetlanais) Opus Genetics has dosed the first patient in LYNX-3, its pivotal phase 3 clinical trial of phentolamine ophthalmic solution 0.75% in treating significant, chronic night driving impairment in keratorefractive patients with reduced mesopic vision. Night-vision disturbances, which…