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Under a compassionate use program, the topical application of B-VEC to the eye was well tolerated and patient showed significant improvement of visual acuity and complete corneal re-epithelization. The company presented data at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in New Orleans.

In a poster presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, authors Paul S. Kayne, PhD, Alison Obr, PhD, John H. Dodd, PhD, and Carl Spana, PhD, it was demonstrated that PL9588 reduces ocular pressure. Data provides further support for topical administration of melanocortins for ocular inflammation.

Francine Behar-Cohen, MD, PhD, presented the data at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with David Eveleth, MD, CEO and Founder of Trefoil Therapeutics about TTHX1114 in patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) undergoing Descemet’s Stripping Only (DSO) in combination with cataract surgery at this year's ARVO meeting.

Visual impairment is associated with hallucinations, depression, agitation, and psychosis in patients with dementia.

Grace Walther, first author of the study, described that lens centration on the eye may be beneficial for improving vision. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting.

Amir H. Kashani, MD, PhD, sat down with David Hutton, Managing Editor, Ophthalmology Times®, to discuss his presentation at this year's ARVO meeting on optical coherence tomography and the assessment of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's Disease and other related dementias.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Mark Bullimore and discussed the control of myopia progression with low-concentration atropine from the Hong-Kong LAMP study at this year's ARVO meeting.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with T. Y. Alvin Liu, MD, about predictive AI and its uses in ophthalmology and screening of the eyes at this year's ARVO meeting.

In a presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, data demonstrated the loss of retinal pigmented epithelial and photoreceptor cells, both of which are required for visual function.

According to data presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, post-hoc analysis from the GATHER trials, for the first time, signals that reduced rate of vision loss in patients receiving avacincaptad pegol was correlated with reduced geographic atrophy (GA) growth.

John D. Gelles, OD, and Steven A. Greenstein, MD, share some insights into the new data on corneal cross-linking presented at IKA Keratoconus Symposium.

Hydrogen water intake improved retinal blood flow (RBF) dysregulation in response to flicker stimulation and systemic hyperoxia in type 2 diabetic mice.

Thomas V. Johnson, MD, PhD, sat down with David Hutton, Managing Editor, Ophthalmology Times®, to discuss his presentation at this year's ARVO meeting on retinal engineering and RGC replacement.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Caroline Baumal, MD, about Apellis' presentations focusing on visual function, imaging and artificial intelligence at this year's ARVO meeting.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Carl Danzig, MD, FASRS, at this year's ARVO meeting on the post hoc analysis for the GATHER trials regarding vision loss and patients receiving ACP 2/mg versus sham.

Japanese investigators have found an ocular biomarker of cardiovascular diseases.

According to data presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in New Orleans, staggered administration of Ixo-vec in non-human primates showed peak aflibercept protein levels in the second eye within the targeted therapeutic range, supporting the potential for bilateral administration.

In a presentation at ARVO 2023 in New Orleans, the company noted data in a nonhuman primate model of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy demonstrates the ability to restore visual function after delivery of a novel gene therapy.

SB15 (Samsung Bioepis) has shown similar efficacy, pharmacokinetics, safety, immunogenicity to aflibercept after 56 Weeks in phase 3 clinical trial.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Deborah Ferrington, PhD, about her presentation on using human donor tissue to identify the mechanism responsible for the death of the retinal pigment epithelium.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Roland Mattern, Director of Sales and Marketing for eSight and eSight User Gary Foster at this year's ARVO meeting about eSight Go, the new model of smart glasses for low vision enhancement

Ophthalmology Times® talked with George Magrath, MD, and Andrew Pucker, OD, MS, PhD, FAAO at this year's ARVO meeting about Lexitas Pharma Services' work on modification of the National Eye Institute's corneal fluorescein staining scale.

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) kicked off its annual meeting today at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

At the IKA Keratoconus Symposium, Justin Schweitzer, OD, FAAO, presented on establishing the keratoconus diagnosis alongside Kourtney Houser, MD.

President and CEO of the International Keratoconus Academy Andrew Morgenstern, OD, FAAO, FNAP, shares some snippets about the live white paper development session and the patient Q&A happening at the inaugural IKA Keratoconus Symposium.

Defective calcium clearance is a characteristic feature of early damage to the retinal ganglion cells (RGC) in a mouse model of glaucoma.

Uri Soiberman, MD, shares some key takeaways from his presentation at the inaugural IKA Keratoconus Symposium.