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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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The NEI’s Role in Innovation

By Tom Salemi | November 11, 2014

The National Eye Institute (NEI) spends $675 million annually, mostly on basic science and discovery research.  In addition, said Matthew J. McMahon, PhD, Director of…

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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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Avedro Broadens Cross-Link Product Line

By Tom Salemi | September 9, 2014

Corneal collagen cross-linking has been a vexing specialty for US-based companies trying to guide a product through a cautious FDA. But Massachusetts-based Avedro Inc., continues…

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WaveTec “Must Have” for Alcon

By Tom Salemi | September 2, 2014

WaveTec Vision Systems’ CEO, Tom Frinzi, delivered a bottom-line presentation at the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit @ASCRS in Boston. His six-minute presentation concentrated on the economic…

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2014 OIS@ASCRS Executive Report

By Larry Haimovitch | July 15, 2014

BOSTON — The Third Annual Ophthalmology Innovation Summit (OIS@ASCRS) took place on April 24, just prior to the 2014 annual meeting of the American Society…

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“The Long and Winding Road”

By Larry Haimovitch | April 16, 2014

The March 14th meeting of the FDA’s Ophthalmic Devices Panel Advisory Committee, which was convened by the FDA to consider the pre-market application (PMA) for…

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Innovation, Industry and Consultants – Good for Patients

By Tom Salemi | March 4, 2014

Polio crippled President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and it infected and often paralyzed thousands of other Americans—58,000 in 1952 alone. Many historians consider the eradication of…

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Next Generation Ocular Drug Delivery Platforms

By Tom Salemi | January 14, 2014

The human eye measures approximately one inch in diameter, but traversing that blink-of-an-eye distance to achieve safe, effective and stable delivery of ophthalmology drugs via…

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OIS@AAO 2013 Executive Summary

By Tom Salemi | December 19, 2013

More than 800 attendees participated in the fifth annual Ophthalmology Innovation Summit, held November 14, 2013, just prior to the annual meeting of the American…

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Large Device Companies Eyeing Opportunities in Ophthalmic Space

By Larry Haimovitch | November 14, 2013

NEW ORLEANS — The oft-repeated Cajun expression in this fun loving town, ”laissez les bon temps roulez,” translated as let the good times roll may…

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