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Eye on Five – February Edition 2016

By Rich Kirkner | February 29, 2016

The Transcend acquisition tops the list, but February was a promising month for ophthalmology. Alcon Leaps into MIGS with Transcend With its acquisition of Transcend…

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Alcon Makes Big Move in MIGS

By OIS Contributor | February 23, 2016

With Transcend, Alcon Gains a Foothold in Glaucoma Device Market Contributed by Larry Haimovitch and Richard Mark Kirkner With its move to acquire Transcend Medical…

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How MIGS is Remaking the Glaucoma Market - Ophthalmology Innovation Summit 2015

How MIGS is Remaking the Glaucoma Market

By Larry Haimovitch | February 19, 2016

Glaucoma is a chronic degenerative disease whose incidence increases significantly with age. According to the World Health Organization, it is the second leading cause of…

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Drugs & Devices for Dry Eye - Ophthalmology Innovation Summit 2015

2016 Promises to Disrupt Dry Eye

By Michelle Dalton | February 16, 2016

This year promises to deliver disruption to the dry eye disease market as companies work to roll out new drugs, devices, and diagnostics. Shire may…

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Putting Brakes on IPO, Apellis Lines Up Private Funding - Eye on Innovation

Apellis IPO Road Show Takes Different Route

By Rich Kirkner | February 16, 2016

Putting Brakes on IPO, Apellis Lines Up Private Funding As the stock market took its 2016 nosedive, geographic atrophy drug developer Apellis Pharmaceuticals joined the…

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Close-Up Look at Progress in Surgical Presbyopia Correction - OIS News

Close-Up Look at Progress in Surgical Presbyopia Correction

By Michael Lachman | February 10, 2016

Presbyopia, the age-related loss of accommodation and near/reading vision, typically begins at about age 40 and affects nearly everyone over age 50. This huge opportunity…

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Avalanche’s Post-AMD Pivot Takes Step Outside Ophthalmology - OIS Article

Avalanche’s Post-AMD Pivot Takes Step Outside Ophthalmology

By Rich Kirkner | February 10, 2016

How far will Avalanche Biotechnologies Inc.’s pivot take it outside of ophthalmology? Following the release of disappointing topline results of its lead gene therapy candidate…

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FDA Looking to Follow Up on Year of “Firsts”

By OIS Contributor | February 4, 2016

If you’re an executive at an ophthalmic drug development company and desire a frank discussion on regulatory issues that are critical to your business, you’d…

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Glaucoma Getting a Wake-Up Call

Glaucoma Getting a Wake-Up Call

By Larry Haimovitch | February 3, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO — Thanks to a pending boom in minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) devices, the global glaucoma device market is poised to come out…

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OIS@AAO - Combination Therapies for Wet AMD & DME

Exploring the Keys to Combination Therapies in Retina

By Rich Kirkner | February 3, 2016

The keys to developing combination therapies to treat retinal diseases lie in clinicians being able to better identify biomarkers for disease progression, developing strategies for…

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Taking in the View of 2015 & Beyond

Taking in the View of 2015 & Beyond

By Tom Salemi | December 17, 2015

This year’s Ophthalmology Innovation Summits are behind us. We’re piling content onto OIS.NET including the 2015 Year in Review by OIS Founder and Co-Chair Emmett…

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Next Few Months Important for Clearside

By Rich Kirkner | December 9, 2015

The next few months will be important for Clearside Biomedical, one of the companies pioneering drug delivery to the suprachoroidal space. The company expects by…

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