Archive for Opinion

Drug therapy for macular oedema treatment approved

Published June 24th, 2009 by Jane Macnaughton.

Ozurdex, the first drug therapy for the treatment of macular oedema, following branch retinal vein
occlusion or central retinal vein occlusion, has been approved by the FDA.

AMD biological marker discovered

Published June 17th, 2009 by Jane Macnaughton.

A biological marker for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has been discovered by a
team of researchers from the University of Kentucky.

Optometry News - In brief

Published May 29th, 2009 by David.

Optometry News - In Brief
* Following a re-structure Bausch & Lomb has strengthened its European Vision care operation by implementing a Customer Marketing capability to mange the new product and consumer programme over the next three years. It will be headed by Peter J Smith.
* No7 Contact Lens Ltd and BiB Ophthalmic Instruments have agreed […]

De Rigo Vision launches the new POLICE website

Published May 28th, 2009 by David.

International Eyewear launches 2009/10 brochure.

Published May 27th, 2009 by David.

Optrafair boasts success

Published May 26th, 2009 by David.

Board Certification - Do we really need this? An American Perspective.

Published April 28th, 2009 by David.

Weight loss improves vision??

Published April 20th, 2009 by David.

Drug trial data look good for dry AMD treatment

Published April 17th, 2009 by David Gilbert.

Positive interim data results from the Phase II trial of OT-551 to treat geographic atrophy (GA), an
advanced form of AMD, have been announced by Othera Pharmaceuticals Inc.

First molecular map of the entire retina is not far away

Published April 8th, 2009 by David.

Researchers at the Moran Eye Centre are using transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) to develop
TEM-compatible molecular probes with software that will tag cells with a molecular signature, creating ‘colour’ TEM
imaging.

Can action video games improve lazy eyes?

Published April 8th, 2009 by David.

Scientists at New York’s Rochester University say that playing violent video games may improve
contrast sensitivity, which is often impaired by amblyopia.

FDA approves implant telescope for end-stage AMD

Published April 8th, 2009 by David Gilbert.

The premarket application for VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Inc’s implantable telescope for
end-stage AMD has been approved, with conditions, by the FDA in the US.

Eye diseases in pre-school children more common than first thought

Published April 8th, 2009 by David.

In what is believed to be the first comprehensive eye disease study among urban pre-schoolers,
investigators writing in the April issue of the journal Ophthalmology report that while vision problems are rare,
they are more common than once thought.