Regeneron launches VEGF Trap-Eye trial & gains $20 million

Novel treatment results in macular hole closure.

The various aspects of home monitoring for patients with age-related macular degeneration are discussed in this point/counterpoint by Prof. Rufino Silva, University of Coimbra / Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Portugal, and Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Robert P. Finger, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Germany, during the 14th annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology in Lisbon, Portugal.

In a keynote lecture at the 14th Annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology in Lisbon, Hendrik Scholl, MD, co-founder and director of the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, discussed its mission to unravel the mysteries of vision and human eye disease.

Adequate assessment and estimation of residual visual function are important clinically.

Session moderators, speakers and audience members all will examine and analyse the most relevant and controversial issues within the field of ophthalmology.

EMBL-EBI researchers use UK Biobank data to uncover new information about rare diseases of the eye.