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Joseph Gardner, president and CEO of Aerpio Therapeutics, acknowledged that his company is not alone in developing Tie2-activating agents to treat retinal disease, but at…

Early reports of AGTC’s lead gene therapy program for X-linked retinoschisis have shown the treatment to be well-tolerated with only mild-to-moderate inflammation that either resolves…

Aura Biosciences expects to have an active investigational new drug (IND) application for its first-in-class treatment for primary choroidal melanoma early next year and have…

CHICAGO—Adverum is a gene therapy company “committed to discovering and developing novel medicines that can offer life-changing benefits to patients living with rare diseases or…

Sensimed’s Triggerfish is the “first ever Food and Drug Administration-approved contact lens sensor,” said David Bailey, chief executive officer. The lens received US approval in…

Small aperture technology is the only corneal-based presbyopia-correcting procedure that does not rely on the use of “plus power” in the cornea to provide near…

The Raindrop Near Vision Inlay for the treatment of presbyopia boasts a 2 mm diameter, 80% water composition, the same refractive index as the natural…

Corneal blindness remains a “significant and growing problem,” said Monty Montoya, chief executive officer, SightLife Surgical. There are more than 10 million corneal blind who…

Osmolarity is the one biophysical measurement that “can reliably diagnose dry eye disease (DED) initially and follow the therapeutic response secondarily, said Chris Geddes, PhD,…

What if there was a therapy that could cut dry eye disease (DED) symptoms in half, improve tear secretion three-fold, and be sustainable for a…

For early medtech players in ophthalmology, making connections for start-up capital can be a challenging task, but at the session “Innovative Financing Options in Ophthalmology”…

Ivantis is developing “the only minimally invasive microstent for glaucoma that dilates and reconstructs the primary outflow path of the eye,” said president and chief…