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Lori-Ann Christie’s Detour to Venture Capital With Visionary Ventures

By Priscilla Villarreal | January 5, 2022

PODCAST EPISODE 311 Click here to watch the video version of this podcast. A college detour from medical school and into scientific research worked to…

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4DTM Goes It Alone After Roche Pulls Out of Gene Therapy Trials

By Karen Blum | July 20, 2021

In 2018, 4D Molecular Therapeutics announced it was expanding its 2015 research agreement with Roche to develop and commercialize multiple ophthalmology products. This summer, things…

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Samsung Bioepis Brings Heat to Race for Anti-VEGF Biosimilars

By Rich Kirkner | July 6, 2021

South Korea-based Samsung Bioepis Co. has gained another leg up in the race for an anti-VEGF biosimilar to treat retinal diseases in the lucrative US…

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OIS Index Q2

OIS Index Rallies Back from COVID-Driven Decline

By Michael Lachman | July 9, 2020

The OIS Index of ophthalmic stocks staged a strong comeback in Q2, gaining 21.4%, in line with the overall US stock market as measured by…

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With Amblyotech Buy, Novartis Makes a Transformation to the Ophthalmic Device Arena

With Amblyotech Buy, Novartis Makes a Transformation to the Ophthalmic Device Arena

By Christine Bahls | June 10, 2020

Most transformations are predictable: A caterpillar will turn into a butterfly; a cell will be genetically altered should extraneous DNA enter its membrane. Predictable would…

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AbbVie’s Big Bet to Diversify with Allergan Pays Off So Far

AbbVie’s Big Bet to Diversify with Allergan Pays Off So Far

By Steve Lenier | May 20, 2020

Now that it has closed on its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan, AbbVie has significantly expanded its revenue base, which could help cushion the blow…

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Covid-19 Impact on Healthcare Company Valuations & Financings

Covid-19 Impact on Healthcare Company Valuations & Financings

By Rich Kirkner | April 22, 2020

The turmoil in the stock market over the past month or so has sent leading healthcare indices reeling, casting a cloud over the financing that…

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OIS Index: No Immunity to Coronavirus Selloff

OIS Index: No Immunity to Coronavirus Selloff

By Michael Lachman | April 8, 2020

The OIS Index of ophthalmic stocks followed global stock markets into bear market territory in Q1, declining 21.2%, in line with the overall US stock…

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Verana eyes adding third registry

Verana eyes adding third registry

By Rich Kirkner | April 2, 2020

The explosion of healthcare information technology has engendered a chaotic landscape of infinite terabytes of disparate but mutually relevant data segregated in infinite silos where…

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OIS@SECO In The Books

OIS@SECO In The Books

By Michelle Dalton | March 11, 2020

Last week we heard firsthand at OIS@SECO’s second annual event just what it means to be innovative in the field of optometry. Leading off the…

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9 Steps to Launching a Product

9 Steps to Launching a Product

By Heather Johnson | March 3, 2020

Editor’s Note: The FDA just approved Allergan’s Durysta (bimatoprost implant) 10 mcg for lowering intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension on…

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2020’s Potential Retina Milestones

2020’s Potential Retina Milestones

By Rich Kirkner | February 26, 2020

As reports of intraocular inflammation and vasculitis have cast caution onto the uptake of the newest approved anti-VEGF drug, Novartis’ Beovu (brolucizumab), the quest to…

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