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Carl Zeiss Meditec presented its expanded offering of ophthalmic solutions at this year's WOC 2010 in Berlin.

Optimax has refined its Intralase technology to introduce what it calls 'unprecedented' levels of control for its surgeons through the rollout of the new generation iFS IntraLase Lasers across its UK clinics.

OTE Editorial Advisory Board Member, Professor Gisele Soubrane has become the first woman to receive an International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) medal.

Retinal imaging company, Optos Plc having made a return to profitability is taking its Optomap Retinal Exam to the ophthalmology community and had a strong presence at this year?s WOC in Berlin.

In his presentation at the World Ophthalmology Congress, Dr Matthew Benz highlighted that the first Phase III trial with microplasmin (TG-MV-006) for the non-surgical treatment of vitreomacular adhesion (VMA) had met its primary endpoint with 27.7% of the 220 microplasmin treated patients achieving resolution of their VMA at 1 month, compared to 13.2% of the 106 patients who received a placebo injection, a highly statistically significant result (p=0.003).

Dr Naveed Shams has been appointed as the new vice president of clinical affairs at Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

NCX 434, a new drug candidate form NicOx, is reported to improve oxygen saturation in the eye and preclinical data was recently presented at the Ocular Diseases & Drug Discovery Conference

Developed by US ophthalmologists, the surgical procedure DSAEK (Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty) is increasingly being employed in German eye clinics too.

A team of scientists at UC Irvine (UCI) in California have taken the first step in developing transplant-ready retinas by creating an eight-layer, early-stage retina from human embryonic stem cells.

The European Uveitis Patient Association will present an award to Dr Richard Lee, NIHR clinical lecturer in ophthalmology at the University of Bristol at the forthcoming WOC for his recent research paper

We are pleased to notify you of a groundbreaking event : the very first live DSAEK surgery transmitted on the web.

Clinicians pose several arguments for trabeculectomy and tube-shunt surgery

Piecewise linear regression methods define structure-function relationship in glaucoma

Surgeon says efficacy, safety, predictability results being achieved are impressive

Come and visit the Bausch + Lomb Booth No 16 at the WOC in Berlin to meet the Experts and ask questions. Explore Q2, delivering Quantity and Quality of Vision with the revolutionary Crystalens HD?, the premium accommodating IOL that gives high definition vision at all distances.

Does Google health have a place in practice management

With BluePeak? - blue laser autofluorescence you can noninvasively view the health of the RPE, providing a functional map of RPEphotoreceptor metabolism. BluePeak is available for all SPECTRALIS models.

Clinician-scientist also trained ophthalmic leaders

FD-OCT adds accuracy to diagnostic assessment with measurement of GCC

As a committed pioneer in the field of ophthalmology, Carl Zeiss Meditec supplies innovative technologiesand application-oriented solutions which enable doctors to improve the quality of life of their patients.

Femtosecond laser use on the up for flap creation is just one trend

Non-incisional treatment preserves the biomechanical integrity of the cornea

A small case study looking at cornea temperature rise during laser treatment using a new 'Intelligent Thermal Effect Control'

Physicians must be aware of options, know how to use different categories of viscoelastic

Haag-Streit and our sister companies – Reliance, Moeller–Wedel, Clement Clarke and John Weiss – are leading players in ophthalmology today – as they have been for more than 150 years.

Gene replacement, enhanced genetic testing, clinical trial s show promising future

For nearly two centuries, Moria has been a manufacturer of sophisticated and high quality ophthalmic surgical instrumentation and equipment.

Micro incision surgery for anterior and posterior procedures is featured at the Oertli® booth.

A study of scanning laser ophthalmoscope devices

Medical therapies are effective, but expensive too