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Three Novel Partnerships in Ophthalmology - Eye On Innovation Article - OIS - Healthegy

Three Novel Partnerships in Ophthalmology

By Michael Smolinsky | November 8, 2016

The past year has witnessed the formation of several collaborations between ophthalmic start-ups and institutions or groups that traditionally haven’t been involved in developing medical…

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Corneal Inlays Garnering Attention – and Investment - Eye On Innovation Article - Healthegy

Corneal Inlays Garnering Attention – & Investment

By Larry Haimovitch | November 1, 2016

Recent positive reports about two FDA-approved corneal inlays may yet give this market sector a boost heading into 2017. Irvine, CA-based AcuFocus was the first…

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OIS Index Follows Biotech Stocks Lower in October - OIS Index - Healthegy

OIS Index Follows Biotech Stocks Lower in October

By Michael Lachman | November 1, 2016

At last month’s OIS@AAO, we introduced the OIS Index. To learn more about its origins and intent, listen to this OIS Podcast interview. By Michael…

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Eye on Five – October Edition

By Rich Kirkner | November 1, 2016

Sustained-Release Eylea Focus of Collaboration Ocular Therapeutix Inc. and Regeneron entered into a collaboration agreement to develop a sustained-release formulation of Regeneron’s Eylea (aflibercept), currently…

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Seen and Heard at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting - Eye on Innovation Article - OIS - Healthegy

Seen and Heard at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting

By Rich Kirkner | October 26, 2016

Update on Topcon-IBM Watson Health Collaboration Selected to participate in IBM’s Watson Health medical imaging collaborative, Topcon has divulged few specifics, but at the AAO…

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Glimpses of OIS@AAO - OIS - Eye On Innovation - Healthegy

Glimpses of OIS@AAO

By Tom Salemi | October 20, 2016

OIS Co-Chair Emmett T. Cunningham Jr., MD, PhD, MPH laid out hopeful – and cautionary – signs facing the ophthalmology industry as he kicked off…

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Welcome to OIS@AAO 2016 - Eye On Innovation Article - OIS - Healthegy

Welcome to OIS@AAO 2016

By Tom Salemi | October 11, 2016

More than 800 leaders of the ophthalmology industry will convene Thursday at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel ballroom for our largest Ophthalmology Innovation Summit of…

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Regeneron Looks Ahead to ANG2 Antibody after Anti-PDGFR-β Disappoints - Eye On Innovation Article - OIS - Healthegy

Regeneron Looks Ahead to ANG2 Antibody After Anti-PDGFR-β Disappoints

By Rich Kirkner | October 5, 2016

Now that Regeneron has announced that its rinucumab-Eylea (aflibercept) combination treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) failed to meet the primary endpoint of a…

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Eye on Five – September Edition

By Rich Kirkner | October 3, 2016

Johnson & Johnson Moves to Buy AMO The evolution of the ophthalmology sector continued with this month’s news that Johnson & Johnson Vision Care would…

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Aerie’s positive data keeps Wall Street happy

Aerie’s Positive Data Keep Wall Street Happy

By Michelle Dalton | September 29, 2016

Earlier this month, Aerie Pharmaceuticals filed its first NDA for once-daily Rhopressa (netarsudil) and released top-line data from its once-daily Roclatan (Rhopressa and latanoprost) Mercury…

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J&J/AMO Deal Remaking Landscape

J&J/AMO Deal Remaking Landscape

By Tom Salemi | September 21, 2016

The evolution of the ophthalmology sector continued with last week’s news that Johnson & Johnson would pay $4.3 billion to acquire Abbott Medical Optics, the…

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Highlights from the Floor of ESCRS/EuRetina

Highlights from the Floor of ESCRS/EuRetina

By Tom Salemi | September 15, 2016

The ophthalmology sector last week descended upon Copenhagen, which hosted three sizable clinical meetings including ESCRS, EuRetina, and EuCornea. Several companies used the convergence to…

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