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April 10, 2015April 10, 2015

Ocular Therapeutix Announces Results For Experimental therapy For Treatment of Post-Surgical Ocular Pain And Inflammation

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. recently announced topline results of their second of two Phase 3 trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of their candidate drug OTX-DP, a compound that releases Sustained Dexamethasone, at a ... Read more

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015

Utah record of Eye Surgeries for Patients in Need: Charity Surgery Day

On March 28th, Utah eye surgeons provided a state record of more than 30 vision repairing surgeries to low-income local individuals in need of care. Since 2012, the University of ... Read more

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015

Novel Therapy Reveals Promising Phase 3 Clinical Trial Results For Post-Cataract Surgery

Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that its novel nanoparticle mucus-penetrating particle (MPP) product candidate, KPI-121, designed for the treatment of pain and inflammation in patients who underwent cataract surgery, obtained ... Read more

April 2, 2015April 2, 2015

Anterior Capsule Tear During Cataract Surgery Leads to Poor Clinical Outcomes

According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, anterior capsule tears during cataract surgery may need additional surgical procedures, leading to intraoperative complications and permanent vision loss. In their ... Read more

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015

Eye Growth Mechanism Resembles the Penny Pusher Game

A new study by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in the United States and the University of Zagreb in Croatia recently revealed that the movement of cells ... Read more

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015

Radiation Interventionists and Technicians More Likely to Develop Radiation Cataractogenesis

A recent study examined both radiation interventionists and technicians to ascertain the risk of developing radiation cataractogenesis as a result of providing interventional radiation therapy. The study showed a positive ... Read more

March 30, 2015March 30, 2015

Treatments To Address Inflammation After Cataract Surgery

A recent study titled “Identification of Patients at High Risk for Postoperative Complications in Cataract Surgery” recently published online in Healio – Opthalmology Education lab provided insight into the current state ... Read more

March 27, 2015March 27, 2015

Researchers Find Novel Mechanism Involved in Cataract Disease

Researchers have uncovered an intriguing mechanism by which excessive γ-crystallin aggregation, a hallmark of cataract disease, occurs. Interestingly, undamaged γ-crystallin may actually facilitate the aggregation of γ-crystallin variants that have ... Read more

March 26, 2015March 26, 2015

Glaucoma Before and After Cataract Surgery Difficult to Measure

When patients have a cataract, it can be difficult to measure other health parameters of the eye. Of these other parameters, visual field is difficult to measure in glaucoma because ... Read more

March 25, 2015March 25, 2015

Retinal Detachment Patients Found to Experience Changes in Vision-Related Quality of Life After Cataract Surgery

In a recent study entitled “Changes of Vision-Related Quality of Life in Retinal Detachment Patients after Cataract Surgery,” authors report that despite the risk of developing rhegmatenous retinal detachment, patients submitted ... Read more