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Character Biosciences expands leadership team, secures additional Series B financing | Ophthalmology Times
(Image Credit: AdobeStock/Photocreo Bednarek) Character Biosciences has expanded its leadership team with 4 senior appointments and expanded its Series B financing. Earlier in the year, Character Biosciences announced it had secured a $93 million Series B financing round to advance its…
iVeena secures $2 million NEI SBIR grant to advance pediatric myopia therapy | Ophthalmology Times
iVeena Delivery Systems has been awarded a $2 million phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding will help to advance development of novel topical eye…
ExSight Ventures invests in RevOpsis Therapeutics to further AMD treatment candidate | Ophthalmology Times
Image credit: AdobeStock/jirsak ExSight Ventures invested in RevOpsis Therapeutics, a company developing a novel class of multispecific antibody-based treatments designed to address significant unmet needs in ophthalmology. The company states that initial focus will be on the developing treatment for…
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…
Sruthi Arepalli, MD, spotlights a deep-dive orbital tour of the eye
To learn more about or to register for EyeCon 2025, click here. Set against the backdrop of a scenic Florida coastline and a growing emphasis on cross-specialty collaboration in eye care, the Ophthalmology Times and Optometry Times EyeCon® 2025 conference is…
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)…
Ophthalmic Devices Market Surges to USD 100.2 Billion by 2033, Propelled by 6.4% CAGR
\n \n The Ophthalmic Devices Market is witnessing robust expansion driven by rising demand for advanced eye care solutions, growing prevalence of vision disorders, and a rapidly aging population. Technological advancements such as AI-driven diagnostics, minimally invasive surgical systems, and…
The state of retina at ASRS 2025 with Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD, and Kevin Quinn
(Image credit: AdobeStock/vetrana) The annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) was held in Long Beach, California from July 30 through August 2, 2025. At this event, researchers and experts in the retina field shared data…
EyeCool Therapeutics appoints Vance Thompson, MD, to board of directors
EyeCool Therapeutics has appointed Vance Thompson, MD, founder of Vance Thompson Vision and immediate past president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), to the company’s board of directors. Thompson has personally performed more than 100,000 vision…
New World Medical launches non-valved glaucoma drainage device, Ahmed ClearPath ST
(Image Credit: AdobeStock) New World Medical has launched Ahmed ClearPath ST, a non-valved glaucoma drainage device. The company stated in a press release that the Ahmed ClearPathST builds on the success of the Ahmed ClearPath by introducing key differences designed to…