March 28th 2023
Patient centricity an important driver in topical development.
Relationship between dry eye disease and high myopia in teenagers investigated in study
May 3rd 2022In a poster presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology’s 2022 annual meeting, Dr Osama Ibrahim Hirayama and colleagues offered results that demonstrating that anisometropia and astigmatic error were greater among the patients with high myopia compared with the other groups. Compared with the subjects with no myopia, those with high myopia reported significantly more dryness, less photophobia, and less pain.
High performance microscopy for non-invasive conjunctival goblet cell examination examined by study
April 13th 2022A team of investigators from Pohang University of Science and Technology has found that conjunctival goblet cell examination is important for the precise diagnosis and effective treatment of ocular surface diseases; however, CGC examination has not been possible until now due to lack of non-invasive devices.
Phase II corneal health clinical program initiated for pharmaceutical platform
March 16th 2022Glaukos Corp’s iLink therapy for the treatment of keratoconus consists of novel single-use drug formulations that are bio-activated by proprietary systems through the delivery of ultraviolet light to the cornea to induce corneal cross-linking designed to strengthen, stabilise and reshape the cornea.
A simple solution for complex corneas
February 7th 2022Corneal aberrations may occur more frequently than is generally appreciated, and they affect the visual outcomes following cataract surgery. Small-aperture optics provide a solution for a large category of patients who are otherwise not well served by complex IOLs.
Diffractive multifocal IOL linked with progressive decline in vision in aging patients
January 27th 2022According to investigators, patients implanted with diffractive multifocal IOLs had notable declines in the corrected distance visual acuity, distance corrected near VA, and near area of focus with aging