OIS@AAO 2015

Retrosense - Companies to Watch - 2015

RetroSense Therapeutics

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

[c RetroSense Therapeutics CEO Sean Ainsworth explains how the company’s optogenetic gene therapeutic can impart light sensitivity to cells in the retina, re-sensitizing it to…

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International Biomedical Devices - Companies to Watch - 2015

International Biomedical Devices

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

IBMD is an early-stage medical device company focused in ophthalmology innovations. The company is leading the emerging, non-laser based, precision capsulotomy category through the development…

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MEDICEM - Companies to Watch - 2015

MEDICEM

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

MEDICEM is a group of biomedical companies focusing on research, development and commercialization of medical devices. Our WIOL–CF Bioanalogic Polyfocal IOL, represents new step in…

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LacriScience

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

LacriScience is in late stage development of its LacriPen, a portable instrument using gold plated single-use sensors that measures osmolarity to +/- 2 mOSM/L and…

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ForSight VISION5

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

The company is addressing non-adherence to eyedrops in glaucoma and in ocular hypertension. There remains a true, unmet need to provide clinically relevant intraocular pressure…

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Envisia Therapeutics

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

This company, founded as a spin-out of Liquidia Technologies in 2013, began with a $25 million Series A, with the goal of developing the PRINT…

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Mati Therapeutics

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

Mati is developing a punctal plug drug delivery technology for sustained drug delivery using an “L-shaped” design to deliver medications to the canalicular space. Insertion…

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Graybug

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

Graybug is developing injectable controlled-release technologies to allow dosing once every four to six months for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), thereby…

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AcuFocus

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

AcuFocus is committed “to continuously adapting and expanding” its small aperture technology. The company’s first device, the KAMRA, received US regulatory approval in April 2015,…

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ReVision Optics

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

The presbyopia market is estimated to comprise more than 2 billion people by 2020. ReVision Optics has developed the Raindrop Near Vision inlay to address…

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Avedro

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

Avedro has submitted its New Drug Application for its riboflavin ophthalmic solution/KXL System (corneal cross-linking for the treatment of keratoconus and corneal ectasia following refractive…

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ClarVista Medical

By Tom Salemi | November 23, 2015

ClarVista is a privately held, clinical- and commercial-stage ophthalmology device company concentrating solely on the development of the Harmoni modular intraocular lens (IOL) system. While…

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