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The World Economic Forum has selected 39 companies as Technology Pioneers for 2008 and NuLens is one of those honoured with this title.

With additional training, optometrists are at least as accurate as junior ophthalmologists in diagnosing glaucoma.

Click here to read Genentech's open letter to ophthalmologists, outlining its reason for imposing restrictions on the use of Avastin.

OPKO Health has completed its acquisition of Ophthalmic Technologies Inc. (OTI), a privately owned Canadian company.

OccuLogix has announced that it is indefinitely suspending its RHEO System clinical development programme in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Barry G. Caldwell has been named as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of STAAR Surgical.

The FDA has approved Triesence, Alcon's preservative-free synthetic coricosteroid for visualization during vitrectomy.

Fovea Pharmaceuticals has entered into a collaborative research agreement with Genzyme Corporation.

Have a look at the AMD therapies taking the first step along the path to approval.

What therapies have made it to Phase II clinical trials?

Take a look at the therapies that have reached Phase III clinical testing.

Take a look at the therapies that have already reached the market.

What are doctors using off-label to treat their AMD patients?

Read Ophthalmology Times' extensive coverage from the 2007 annual meeting in New Orleans, USA.

Intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) performs better than verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the management of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in age-related macular degeneration.

Ophtherion has licensed the worldwide rights to develop diagnostic products for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) associated with specific variations in genes on Chromosome 10, from the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Triple therapy consisting of vitrectomy, intravitreal triamcinolone and macular laser photocoagulation may facilitate early recovery of vision in patients with intractable diabetic macular oedema.

A study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, suggests that retinal changes have possible prognostic implications regarding the survival of persons with diabetes.

Using a decagonal transplant shape in perforating keratoplasties (pKPL) delivers promising results.

A study of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) treated with Humira, a tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) blocker, has found that the drug cuts the rate of uveitis flares by approximately half.

Patients undergoing 25-gauge vitreoretinal surgery are more likely to experience postoperative serous choroidal effusion and hypotony than patients undergoing 20-gauge procedures.

STAAR Surgical has entered into an agreement to acquire the interests of all other shareholders in Canon Staar.

Genentech is delaying its plan to restrict the use of Avastin by ophthalmologists in the US until January 2008.

A telemedicine system using nurse-captured retinal images could potentially improve retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) management.

Results of a clinical trial investigating Ellex's non-thermal Retina Regeneration Therapy (2RT), demonstrates the therapy's potential to improve and stabilize visual acuity (VA) and reduce retinal oedema in patients with diabetic maculopathy and macular oedema without causing damage to photoreceptors.

LASIK is a safe and effective procedure in the correction of myopia five years after surgery, according to a study in the September issue of Ophthalmology.

The FDA has approved Allergan's Combigan for the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

A study in the September/October issue of the European Journal of Ophthalmology has shown that the silicone plate Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) results in lower intraocular pressure (IOP) compared with the older polypropylene plate AGV.

A conference, which was set up in response to the recent report by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) dismissing the importance of glaucoma screening, has recommended a re-evaluation of the findings.