Reginald Sanders, MD, FASRS, named president of the American Society of Retina Specialists
January 30th 2024Sanders is affiliated with the Retina Group of Washington (RGW) and PRISM Vision Group. He is the first African American and the first PRISM-affiliated physician to serve as president of the ASRS.
FDA approves trial plan and fast tracks Ascidian Therapeutics' ACDN-01 in Stargardt Disease
January 29th 2024ACDN-01 is the first-ever RNA exon editor to enter clinical development and the only clinical-stage therapeutic targeting the genetic cause of Stargardt disease. Ascidian expects to initiate enrollment in Phase 1/2 STELLAR study in the first half of 2024.
President and CEO of Ashvattha Therapeutics talks about the company's unique nanomedicine technology
January 28th 2024David Hutton of Ophthalmology Times talks with Jeffrey Cleland, PhD, President and CEO of Ashvattha Therapeutics, about the company's D-4517.2, a unique nanomedicine technology for the treatment of wet AMD and DME.
Biosimilars to treat retinal diseases: Successful outcomes, patient satisfaction
January 23rd 2024Two retina specialists participated in an Ophthalmology Times case-based roundtable discussion and shared their experiences using the anti-VEGF biosimilars, ranibizumab-eqrn and ranibizumab-nuna to manage retinal diseases.
Unveiling sex and gender dynamics in ophthalmology trials associated with FDA drug approvals
January 22nd 2024Among 85 trials representing 34 ophthalmic drugs, a study revealed more than of ophthalmology 75% of trials associated with FDA drug approvals conflated sex and gender, while more than two-thirds of these trials lacked any sex- and gender-based data analyses.
Outdoor artificial light at night may increase the risk of age-related macular degeneration
January 22nd 2024A new case-control study found that older people ages 70 and older living in South Korea’s urban areas were at a significantly higher risk for developing incident exudative age-related macular degeneration.