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Oct. 26 scientific program highlightsA first-time finding of intraocular pressure increases in patients with no personal or family history of glaucoma following anti-VEGF treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and a report on a simple, low-cost method that could revolutionize vision screening and treatment in developing countries, are highlights of today's Scientific Program of the 2009 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Pan-American...
UNION CITY, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- MacuSight, a developer of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of severe ocular diseases and conditions, today announced that it has received Fast Track designation from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Perceiva, the company's proprietary ocular sirolimus product, for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). MacuSight is currently advancing Perceiva in a broad Phase 2 clinical program across multiple large...
Investigators from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the VA Boston Healthcare System have shown, at 6 months in a small group of patients, that there is no difference in efficacy between Bevacizumab (Avastin) and Ranibizumab (Lucentis) for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study, which appears currently on-line in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, is the first to report early outcomes of a prospective, double-masked, randomized, controlled trial...
UNION CITY, Calif., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- MacuSight, a developer of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of severe ocular diseases and conditions, today provided a clinical development update for Perceiva, the company's proprietary ocular sirolimus product. The company has completed patient enrollment in four ongoing Phase 2 clinical trials of Perceiva and plans to announce data from these studies in the first half of 2010. All four studies are being conducted at investigational...
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGN) today announced the completion of patient enrollment in two randomized, double-masked, Phase 3 clinical trials evaluating VEGF Trap-Eye in the treatment of the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). In each study of the VIEW (VEGF Trap-Eye: Investigation of Efficacy and Safety in Wet AMD) program, VEGF Trap-Eye is being evaluated for its effect on maintaining and...
BOSTON and HYANNIS, Mass., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest research on macular degeneration, its causes, potential cures, current treatments and strategies for living well with it will be the focus of the first Cape Cod Macular Degeneration Symposium on September 17. A free public educational program, the symposium will take place from 9 am to noon at the Barnstable Senior Center, 825 Falmouth Road (Rt. 28) in Hyannis. Jointly sponsored by Schepens Eye Research Institute, an affiliate of...
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcend Medical, Inc., an ophthalmic device company dedicated to delivering breakthrough advances in the treatment of glaucoma, today announced that it has filled two key positions with the addition of Sean Ianchulev, MD, as Chief Medical Officer and Ginger Clasby as Vice President of Clinical Affairs. Dr. Ianchulev joins the company from Genentech, Inc where he was the group medical director for the ophthalmology division and the Lucentis...
 A new class of antibody drugs may provide a powerful new tool for the treatment of eye diseases in children, but specialists need to be alert for the possibility of serious side effects, according to an editorial in the August Journal of AAPOS (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus), published by Elsevier.Dr. Robert L. Avery of Santa Barbara, Calif., discusses issues related to the use of antibodies against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in pediatric...
This month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, reports on use of bevacizumab (Avastin), to benefit diabetic patients with macular edema as well as people who develop cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery. Bevacizumab is also used to treat some cancers. Another study describes methods that could make cataract surgery safer for diabetic retinopathy (DR) patients. DR is the major threat to vision in working-age people, a problem that will only intensify...
VANCOUVER, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - QLT Inc. (NASDAQ: QLTI; TSX: QLT) today announced that twelve-month primary analysis results from the Novartis sponsored Phase II MONT BLANC study were presented on June 14, 2009 during the 17th Congress of the European Society of Ophthalmology in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. MONT BLANC is the European study of the Novartis sponsored SUMMIT clinical trial program which investigates the efficacy and safety of combining Visudyne(R) (Novartis Pharma...
