Business and Innovation

Here we recognize a year’s worth of innovation. Apps, IOLs, vitreous cutters, imagers and lasers – the latest and greatest of these are all there.

Necessity is the mother of invention: a problem needs solving, someone has a good idea, an invention is born. In clinical medicine, ideas often arise from the act of treating a patient

Maurice Saatchi wants new legislation to free British doctors from fear of litigation in the pursuit of innovation. Others view it as a charlatan’s charter

Showcasing the greatest ophthalmic advances of the year

The world’s top clinicians and captains of industry came together in London last month to discuss the future of ophthalmology. Here’s what we learned

Mark Latina recounts his story of the invention of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT).

New intraocular lenses offer extended depth of focus, but this can come at a cost: glares, halos and comets. Can these be designed away?

As Second Sight’s Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System nears its 100 patient milestone, we look at how the device has impacted the lives of those implanted

How We Met: Keith Barton and Kuldev Singh

Imagine prescribing eye drops to treat wet AMD, or delivering genes to the retina of patients with retinitis pigmentosa. Nanotechnology can do both – and it could potentially transform ophthalmology