Oculis SA, European Biotech Acquisition Corp. announce business combination agreement
October 18th 2022According to a news release, Oculis officials hope to forward product candidates to address areas of significant medical needs, including diabetic macular edema, dry eye disease, and neuro-retina indications such as glaucoma, affecting growing patient populations.
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Genentech recalling ranibizumab injection ocular implant in US
October 17th 2022The company noted that testing of a commercial supply of the implants, which included exposing them to multiple punctures with a needle, found they did not meet their standards. The company has notified the FDA, and is working with the agency on the recall process.
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Durezol studied as treatment option for scleritis
October 15th 2022Meghan Berkenstock, MD, presented a paper at AAO titled “Effectiveness of Durezol as Additional Agent to Systemic Medications for Treatment of Scleritis,” and shared the highlights in a conversation with Ophthalmology Times.®
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The training will overlap with World Sight Day, which spotlights the importance of eye care. Orbis's clinical staff and medical experts along with UC Davis Medical Health physicians and staff will share their knowledge with nearly 50 ophthalmologists, ophthalmology residents, nurses, and biomedical engineers from Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
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Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc. announced the FDA has granted Fast Track Designation to MCO-010, an ambient-light activatable multi-characteristic opsin optogenetic monotherapy to restore vision in blind patients, for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa via intravitreal injection.
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Study: Gene therapy rapidly improves night vision in adults with congenital blindness
October 11th 2022According to a study by researchers at the Scheie Eye Institute in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, patients’ low-light sensitivity improved by factors of thousands in a clinical trial.
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NIH backing first-in-class engineered mechanosensitive channel based gene therapy for glaucoma
October 9th 2022Nanoscope Technologies LLC announced this week it has received Direct Phase II SBIR grant from National Institutes of Health for developing an innovative approach to autonomously regulate pressure for treatment of Glaucoma in a gene-agnostic manner.
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Researchers discover new molecular driver of retinoblastoma
October 5th 2022Children who develop the pediatric eye cancer retinoblastoma often lose their vision or an eye due to a lack of specific, targeted therapies and a poor molecular understanding of the cancer. Researchers at UT Southwestern and the University of Miami have discovered that a molecule – estrogen-related receptor gamma, or ESRRG – becomes hyperactive and promotes tumor cell survival in retinoblastoma.
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