Business & Profession

With childhood vision disorders like amblyopia and strabismus, early diagnosis is the key to treatment success.

Big data analytics is the most sophisticated method yet devised for “augmenting the human intellect”.

A head-mounted iPhone-based ophthalmoscope is the latest step in the rapidly evolving world of smartphone fundoscopy

Valeant and Allergan continue to joust, Santen purchases MSD’s ophthalmology drug portfolio in selected markets, and Kala completes a US$22.5 million Series B financing round

Purchase of the ex-US rights for Fovista is costing Novartis US$200 million down and up to a cool US$1 billion in milestone payments

At last, a unique and useful function for femtosecond laser systems has emerged.

Increasing the light intensity over the thinnest point of the cornea – the periphery –improves outcomes of corneal collagen cross-linking in keratectasia patients.

A new technology that measures subjective refraction based on point spread function targets generates better data, increases efficiency in the clinic and improves patient outcomes.

Uveal and skin melanoma originate in the same type of cell, but are very different in terms of molecular mechanism, pathobiology, prognosis and therapeutic strategy. Here, the features of uveal melanoma are described and the latest therapeutic developments discussed.

If you had your time again, would you go to medical school, and would you choose ophthalmology?