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Handicapping the Entries in the Geographic Atrophy Space

Handicapping the Entries in the Geographic Atrophy Space

By Rich Kirkner | September 28, 2017

The race to find an effective treatment for geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) for which no approved treatment exists,…

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What’s Ahead for the Zeiss-Veracity Union

What’s Ahead for the Zeiss-Veracity Union

By Steve Lenier | September 21, 2017

When Veracity Innovations LLC launched its new product at the 2017 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting in Los Angeles, the company was…

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Integrins Gain Traction in Ophthalmology

With Integrins, Necessity Really is the Mother of all Invention

By Michelle Dalton | September 14, 2017

Stopping growth factors that create damage in the eye has proven lucrative. Lucentis (ranibizumab, Roche/Genentech) achieved sales of $1.8 billion in 2016 outside the US…

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Who Will Be Making News in February?

Who Will Be Making News in September?

By Rich Kirkner | September 6, 2017

What’s Happening in the Month Ahead: September 2017 Ocugen, fresh off getting FDA orphan drug designation for OCU300-brimonidine to treat ocular graft rejection, will participate…

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Dog Days of Summer: OIS Index Posts Modest Decline in August

By Michael Lachman | September 6, 2017

Last October, we launched the OIS Index, a composite of ophthalmic growth stocks, to track the investment performance of our sector. Our goal is to…

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Why Strathspey Crown Is Developing “Cyborg” IOL

Why Strathspey Crown is Developing ‘Cyborg’ IOL

By Steve Lenier | August 28, 2017

Strathspey Crown LLC has been granted the first patent on an intraocular lens (IOL) that includes a video camera, an LED display, and cellular, WiFi…

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Reporter’s Notebook at ASRS: Four from the Podium

Reporter’s Notebook at ASRS: Four from the Podium

By Rich Kirkner | August 23, 2017

The annual meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists featured four days of scientific sessions. Among the notable updates on key clinical trials from…

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Eight Qualities Funders Look for in the Seed Stage

Eight Qualities Funders Look for in the Seed Stage

By Rich Kirkner | August 16, 2017

Candor, passion, realism, talent, flexibility, self awareness, humility, and focus are all qualities seed-stage benefactors look for in a start-up founder, a panel of fund…

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What You Won’t Want to Miss at OIS@ASRS

What You Won’t Want to Miss at OIS@ASRS

By Rich Kirkner | August 9, 2017

In its second year OIS@ASRS has gone from a half-day to a full-day program that tomorrow will showcase 21 different presentations from companies in the…

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How Tweaks to Iluvien Agreement Benefit Alimera, pSivida

How Tweaks to Iluvien Agreement Benefit Alimera, pSivida

By Larry Haimovitch | August 2, 2017

A longstanding distribution agreement between Alimera Sciences and pSivida for the Iluvien intravitreal implant has been amended, much to the apparent benefit of both companies.…

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Major Ophthalmic Pipeline Developments Drive OIS Index in July

By Michael Lachman | August 1, 2017

In October, we launched the OIS Index, a composite of ophthalmic growth stocks, to track the investment performance of our sector. Our goal is to…

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Eye on Five – July Edition

By Rich Kirkner | August 1, 2017

FDA Shoots Down Ocular Therapeutix’s Dextenza NDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied approval of Ocular Therapeutix’s resubmitted New Drug Application (NDA) for its Dextenza…

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