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Revenue Report Card for Recent IPO Class

By Tom Salemi | August 28, 2015

As a rule, medical device companies have to demonstrate some level of commercial viability if they’re going to go public. A few are able to…

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Q&A with Shire’s Robert Dempsey

Q&A with Shire’s Robert Dempsey

By Tom Salemi | August 6, 2015

Shire this week announced plans to acquire Foresight Biotherapeutics for $300 million. Robert Dempsey, Shire’s vice president and head of the company’s ophthalmic unit, kindly…

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Is pSivida on the verge of megastar status?

By Michelle Dalton | July 30, 2015

With three of the four sustained-release drug delivery products commercially available in the U.S. and Europe, pSivida just might prove Wall Street pundits correct and…

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Calhoun Vision Stages Turnaround

By Larry Haimovitch | July 15, 2015

Medtech companies in ophthalmology have made some significant strides in recent months. Second Sight and Glaukos, of course, staged IPOs in their pursuit of revolutionary…

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Allergan’s Oculeve Acquisition Bolsters Dry Eye, Medtech

Allergan’s Oculeve Acquisition Bolsters Dry Eye, Medtech

By Tom Salemi | July 9, 2015

The dry eye space has taken a few hits lately with disappointing clinical news on the biopharmaceutical front. But investors and entrepreneurs developing new treatments…

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CMS Opens Sunshine Act Review

By Tom Salemi | April 13, 2015

Physicians have 45 days to review and dispute payments from industry. The Ophthalmology Innovation Summit opening on Thursday is clear evidence of the advances that…

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Eye Companies Helping Health Care Stand Out

By Rich Kirkner | November 11, 2014

Healthcare stocks are outperforming the indices, and ophthalmic companies are helping to fuel a large part of that growth, Jeffrey Hoffman, Managing Director and Head…

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CEOs Share Their ‘Second Acts’ On Way to Building Successful Companies

By Rich Kirkner | November 11, 2014

Building a successful biotech or biopharma company typically turns on a sentinel event — the pivot, as William J. Link, PhD, Managing Director of Versant…

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Digital Health Companies Poised to Grow

By Tom Salemi | November 11, 2014

When the OIS started its digital showcase in 2012, there was only one company presenting in the category. “Today there are six—evidence that this area…

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AAO Sees Good and Bad in Consolidation

By Tom Salemi | November 11, 2014

Speaking at the recent OIS@AAO meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology EVP and CEO David W. Parke II, MD, highlighted health care system integration forces that…

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How Do You Talk to an Angel?

By Tom Salemi | October 11, 2014

Ophthalmic Surgeon, Eric D. Kanter, MD, of Retina-Vitreous Consultants, balances his work at his busy New Jersey practice with his commitments as a principal member…

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Ophthalmology Leaders Speak to Strength of Sector

By Tom Salemi | September 17, 2014

A Wall Street Journal analysis of venture capital commitments showed ophthalmology remained the strongest sector within healthcare. According to the Wall Street Journal, privately held…

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