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Innovega is Moving Quickly in Augmented- and Virtual-Reality Space

By Steve Lenier | May 19, 2021

In 2020 Innovega, which is headquartered in Bellevue, WA, and has development facilities in San Diego, was recognized in a listing of “Cool Companies” selected…

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Novartis-Regeneron Dispute Enters a New Phase

By Rich Kirkner | May 11, 2021

If you can’t beat ‘em, try to beat ‘em another way. On the same day the US International Trade Commission (US ITC) dropped a patent…

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The Myopia Management Market: ‘How Big is Big?’

By Steve Lenier | May 4, 2021

“How big is big?” That was a question that Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, put to a panel of industry insiders at last week’s…

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Despite Interruption, Pixium Vision Aims to Keep Moving Toward Commercializing Prima System

By Steve Lenier | April 28, 2021

Despite a potential business arrangement with a fellow retinal prosthesis innovator falling apart in recent weeks, Paris-based Pixium Vision is working to stay on course…

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Gyroscope Therapeutics Completes Financing to Advance Gene Therapy Candidate for GA

By Steve Lenier | April 20, 2021

Gyroscope Therapeutics recently raised $148 million in a Series C financing to advance the clinical development of GT005, its lead investigational gene therapy, which is…

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Anterior Segment Advances That ‘Won’ 2020 and Those Poised To Disrupt the Future

By Conni Bergmann Koury | April 14, 2021

2020 was a challenging year for ophthalmic surgeons, but an array of device and pharma developments helped them get through it, while other advances are…

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With $36 Million, Visus Starts Phase II Trial of Presbyopia Drop Brimochol

By Conni Bergmann Koury | April 7, 2021

In another sign of the intense interest in the category of presbyopia-correcting drops, Visus Therapeutics raised $36 million in Series A financing that will be…

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Aura Biosciences Takes Key Steps to Advance Lead Candidate

By Rich Kirkner | March 31, 2021

With a fresh infusion of capital and a new chief operating officer steeped in regulatory affairs, Aura Biosciences has put key pieces into place to…

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Biomedical Informatics Helps Focus Director Dr. Michael Chiang’s Vision for NEI

By Rich Kirkner | March 23, 2021

Michael F. Chiang, MD, who took over as director of the National Eye Institute at the close of 2020, brings a unique background as an…

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Big Things Happening for Kala Pharmaceuticals

By OIS Contributor | March 17, 2021

Kala is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases of the eye. Kala has applied its AMPPLIFY®…

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New Technology and Teamwork Are Key for Combining Forces

By Steve Lenier | March 16, 2021

Science and teamwork are important factors for companies considering acquisitions, collaborations, or partnerships in the dry eye space. That was the consensus of corporate leaders…

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Pioneering Ophthalmic Innovator Patricia Bath, MD, Nominated for National Inventors Hall of Fame

By Conni Bergmann Koury | March 10, 2021

One might say the word trailblazer was invented to describe Patricia Era Bath, MD. In 1973 she was the first African-American to complete an ophthalmology…

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