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Awareness and Innovation May Address Underdiagnosed Dry Eye Population

By Steve Lenier | December 1, 2020

Dry eye disease is notoriously underdiagnosed. It’s also a market with a strong upside potential. In a recent interview with OIS Weekly, internationally known anterior…

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Reimbursement Will Guide Innovation in Glaucoma

By Steve Lenier | November 24, 2020

In ophthalmic innovation, great ideas only go so far. Without a potential revenue stream, investors would leave great ideas at the bench. In glaucoma, however,…

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Tarsus Closes IPO, Starts Phase IIb/III Trials for Demodex Blepharitis Drop

By Conni Bergmann Koury | November 18, 2020

Late-stage biotech Tarsus Pharmaceuticals raised $88 million in its October NASDAQ debut. In announcing the close of its initial public offering, the company stated that…

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Exploring Why Pharma Hesitates to Embrace Drug-Delivery Methodologies

By Steve Lenier | November 10, 2020

Drug-delivery technologies typically aim to improve pharmacologic and therapeutic properties of already approved drugs, but pharmaceutical companies are sometimes hesitant to acquire, develop, or invest…

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Equinox Founder Berdahl Moves Sideways, But Not Away, to Keep Company Growing

By Heather Johnson | November 3, 2020

While scuba diving in the Caribbean, John Berdahl, MD, came up with the idea that led him to found Equinox. Five years later, that company…

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The Next Wave of Glaucoma Innovation: Moving Beyond MIGS

By Steve Lenier | October 28, 2020

Part 2 of 2 Micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) has been in the forefront of innovation in the glaucoma space, and while MIGS innovation still has…

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COVID Can’t Lock Down Innovation in Glaucoma

By Steve Lenier | October 20, 2020

Part 1 of 2 The global COVID-19 pandemic has caused some changes in how companies in the glaucoma space pursue new products and technology, but…

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Ocular Therapeutix Makes Lots of Buzz. Wall Street Notices

By Steve Lenier | October 14, 2020

Reporting positive top-line clinical trial results, initiating two other clinical trials, getting wider Medicare coverage of its lead product, resolving a regulatory warning letter, and…

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Opthea’s Activity Leads to IPO

By Heather Johnson | October 6, 2020

Opthea, the Australia-based biopharma developing a novel therapy to treat exudative retinal diseases, closed out a busy summer with a US Securities and Exchange Commission…

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OIS Showcase Reinforces Europe’s Role in Innovation

By Jackie Wengrod | September 30, 2020

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few” is a maxim you’re probably familiar with. Spoken…

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Despite Tepid Wall Street Response, Outlook Therapeutics Still Betting on Ophthalmic Bevacizumab Formulation

By Conni Bergmann Koury | September 22, 2020

As Outlook Therapeutics announced top-line results from the first of two registration clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of its formulation of bevacizumab-vikg, ONS-5010,…

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Innovation Leaders Provide Advice for Retina Start-Ups and the People Who’d Like to Work for Them

By Rich Kirkner | September 15, 2020

Product development in retina is a matter of suitors. That is, people looking for the right product development team to join, and early stage companies…

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