Business in Brief
December 15, 2021
From appointments to product launches… What’s new in the ophthalmic industry?
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The Future of Phaco and MIGS Surgeries
December 7, 2015
Highlights from Oertli Instrumente AG’s Satellite Symposium, “The Future Way of Phaco and MIGS Surgeries” September 2015, Barcelona, Spain
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ATOM2: Low-dose Atropine Attenuates Myopia
December 4, 2015
5-year ATOM2 trial data confirms that 0.01% atropine is more effective at slowing myopia progression than 0.1% and 0.5% doses
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Corneal Anatomy: Lightning Strikes Twice
December 4, 2015
A specialized imaging technique has revealed two previously unknown structures of the cornea
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Dodging the Downsides of Corneal Epithelium Debridement
December 4, 2015
A new matrix therapy agent may promote corneal healing after epi-off CXL, improving patient comfort and recovery times
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Ocular surface: what’s new?
December 4, 2015
Highlights from Laboratoires Théa’s Satellite Education Program, “Ocular Surface: What’s New?” held on October 8, 2015, at the 7th EVER Congress, Nice, France.
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The Global Ophthopolitics of Philanthropic Ophthalmology
December 4, 2015
You might want to do the right thing and get stuck in – but there’s a bigger picture to be seen before you do.
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Benchmarking Endophthalmitis
December 4, 2015
What does analysis of the last five years of literature on endophthalmitis tell us about the priorities of the field, and the contributors to it?
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Berneck’s Brothers Beyond
December 3, 2015
Sitting Down With... Christoph and Thomas Bosshard, Oertli Instrumente AG, Berneck, Switzerland.
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Lighting the Way for Corneal Cross-Linking
December 3, 2015
The Light for Sight foundation provides ophthalmologists around the world with CXL training and ensures that no young patient must go without treatment
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The Anti-Spin Doctor
December 3, 2015
Implanting a toric IOL during cataract surgery is great way of dealing with a patient’s corneal astigmatism – but off-axis rotation of the IOL can erode those benefits. One IOL claims to achieve minimal postoperative rotation. Can it?
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Small Incision Femtosecond Refractive Lenticule Assisted CXL in Corneal Ectasia
December 3, 2015
CXL is effective in slowing and halting keratoconus and corneal ectasias – but the thinnest corneas can’t receive it, so we propose a new way of bringing CXL to those that need it most
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The 2015 Innovation Awards Are Here
December 2, 2015
Ophthalmology is one of the most intense incubators of innovation in all of medicine. Competition is driving not just incremental improvements in products that you might expect, but also some big, game-changing leaps too. Here, we recognize a year’s worth of innovation. Apps, IOLs, imagers, lasers, devices and drugs – the latest and greatest are all here. But which one came out on top this year?
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What’s Old is New (II)
December 2, 2015
Placental growth factor inhibitors might show efficacy in treating dry AMD as well as wet. Might aflibercept be repurposed?
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What’s Old is New (I)
December 2, 2015
Big data EMR mining (and some basic research) identifies a 50-year old drug that appears to protect against AMD development
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A Turbulent Transaction?
December 2, 2015
Pfizer and Allergan are to combine to form the world’s biggest pharma company, an eyecare behemoth – with a lower tax bill
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Culture Club
December 2, 2015
A new tissue culture model of the retinal pigment epithelium may allow researchers to better understand the impacts of new interventions on the adult human retina
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