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TearScience

By Tom Salemi | November 25, 2014

TearScience Inc. CEO and Co-Founder Tim Willis emphasized that his company was founded for a single reason: to be the evaporative dry eye expert, and…

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WaveTec Vision Systems

By Tom Salemi | November 25, 2014

WaveTec Vision Systems ORA system is the first intra-operative diagnostic tool on the market to enhance visual outcomes in cataract surgery. It allows surgeons, in…

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Alimera Sciences

By Tom Salemi | November 14, 2014

Alimera Sciences Inc. is ready to launch in the US its recently approved intravitreal implant, Iluvien, for treating diabetic macular edema. President and CEO Dan…

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MC2 Biotek Group Offers Insights on PAD

By Tom Salemi | November 7, 2014

MC2 Biotek Group’s Co-Founder and President Jesper J. Lange updated attendees on the company’s PAD technology, which may make existing drugs easier to use. The…

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Avalanche Biotechnologies Gives Ocular BioFactory Tour

By Tom Salemi | November 7, 2014

Thomas W. Chalberg, PhD presented an update on Avalanche Biotechnologies Inc.’s pipeline of products emerging from its integrated gene therapy discovery, development, and manufacturing platform,…

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Allegro Gives Phase II News on Luminate

By Tom Salemi | November 7, 2014

[creativ_media type=”vimeo” url=”https://vimeo.com/110730931″] Vicken Karageozian, MD, Co-Founder and CTO of Allegro Opthalmics LLC, updated the OIS audience on the clinical trial progress of Luminate, a…

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Ophthotech Shares Late-Stage Progress of Fovista

By Tom Salemi | November 7, 2014

CEO David R. Guyer, MD reports that Phase III clinical trials of Ophthotech Corp.’s Fovista, a first-in-class anti-PDGF agent for wet AMD combination therapy, are…

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Monoclonal Antibody Company XOMA Corp. Shares New Strategy

By Tom Salemi | November 7, 2014

Monoclonal antibody company Xoma Corp. shared its new strategy of developing an internal pipeline of potential therapeutics. The company’s lead molecule is gevokizumab, a monoclonal…

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Novaliq GmbH Using Semifluorinated Alkanes To Improve Solubility Of Topical Agents

By Tom Salemi | November 7, 2014

Novaliq GmbH is using semifluorinated alkanes to improve solubility of topical agents like cyclosporin and latanoprost on the ocular surface, according to CEO Bernhard Günther.…

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Mobius Therapeutics Investigates Extending Mitosol Platform

By Tom Salemi | November 7, 2014

Ed Timm, President and CEO of Mobius Therapeutics LLC, provided an update on the investigations into extending the company’s Mitosol platform, presently used to administer…

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GrayBug With Preclinical Work On Microparticle Anti-VEGF Compound GB-102

By Tom Salemi | November 7, 2014

GrayBug LLC is conducting preclinical work on its microparticle anti-VEGF compound GB-102, an extended-release injectable for wet AMD. The platform encapsulates the active drug ingredient…

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Ocular Therapeutix

By Tom Salemi | November 7, 2014

Amarpreet Sawhney, PhD, President and CEO of Ocular Therapeutix shared his company’s vision: to transform the treatment of eye diseases with sustained release therapeutics. Ocular’s…

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