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- BostonSight Scleral to Host Webinar on Using Fitkit Trial Lens Set for Successful Fittinghttps://modernod.com/news/bostonsight-scleral-to-host-webinar-on-using-fitkit-trial-lens-set-for-successful-fitting/2480885/BostonSight Scleral will host a one-hour scleral lens webinar on Tuesday, June 14, at 8 pm EDT with Suzanne Walter Sherman, OD, FAAO, and Steven Sorkin, OD, on how to get the most out of a BostonSight Scleral FitKit.
- American Academy of Optometry Foundation Announces Award Recipientshttps://modernod.com/news/american-academy-of-optometry-foundation-announces-award-recipients/2479474/Jonathan D. Lam, MD, OD, was this year’s recipient of the Hopkins Comprehensive Eye Care Award. Dr. Lam is a primary care/ocular disease resident at the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility in Chinle, Arizona. Douglas W. Hopkins, OD, FAAO, was a leader within the Primary Care Section
- Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association Announces Appointments of New Executive and Advisory Board Officershttps://modernod.com/news/neuro-optometric-rehabilitation-association-announces-appointments-of-new-executive-and-advisory-board-officers/2478297/The Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA) announced the appointments of its new executive and advisory board members. DeAnn Fitzgerald, OD, assumes the position of President, succeeding Susan Daniel, OD, who now joins the NORA Advisory Board. Dr. Fitzgerald has been providing
- NASA Astronauts to Headline Heidelberg Engineering’s 2025 International Spectralis Symposiumhttps://modernod.com/news/nasa-astronauts-to-headline-heidelberg-engineerings-2025-international-spectralis-symposium/2482818/Heidelberg Engineering announced that NASA astronauts Warren Hoburg and Tyson Brunstetter, OD, PhD, will lead the keynote presentation at the company’s
- Nicox and Fera Pharmaceuticals to Focus on a Rare Disease Indication for Naproxcinodhttps://modernod.com/news/nicox-and-fera-pharmaceuticals-to-focus-on-a-rare-disease-indication-for-naproxcinod/2479837/Nicox SA and Fera Pharmaceuticals announced that they have amended their 2015 license agreement, which grante
- AAO Responds to Proposed Cuts to NIH Research Paymentshttps://modernod.com/news/aao-responds-to-proposed-cuts-to-nih-research-payments/2482660/The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Friday that it is cutting grants that support research and academic institutions by limiting the amount of indirect funding for research projects to just 15%. Currently, the average indirect costs rate for organizations receiving NIH grants is bet
- Cellusion Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for CLS001https://modernod.com/news/cellusion-receives-fda-orphan-drug-designation-for-cls001/2482028/Cellusion announced that the FDA has granted orphan drug designation to its regenerative medicine product, “iPS cell-derived corneal endothelial cell substitute,” (CLS001) for the treatment of bullous keratopathy. FDA grants orphan drug designation if the drug
- Annexon Receives PRIME Designation from the EMA for ANX007 for the Treatment of Geographic Atrophyhttps://modernod.com/news/annexon-receives-prime-designation-from-the-ema-for-anx007-for-the-treatment-of-geographic-atrophy/2481911/Annexon announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted Priority Medicine (PRIME) designation to ANX007 for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The EMA granted this designation based on the phase 2 ARCHER
- Glaucoma Treatment Research at Missouri S&T Receives NIH Fundinghttps://modernod.com/news/glaucoma-treatment-research-at-missouri-st-receives-nih-funding/2481759/The Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) announced that the National Institutes for Health (NIH) has awarded an R01 grant to Professor Hu Yang, PhD, who is S&T’s Doshi Endowed Department Chair of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. The grant will prov
- The Allergan Foundation Doubles its COVID-19 Response Donations to $4.0 Millionhttps://modernod.com/news/the-allergan-foundation-doubles-its-covid-19-response-donations-to-4-0-million/2477733/Allergan announced that The Allergan Foundation has fast-tracked another $2 million dollars in charitable grants for community organizations responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new grants double The Allergan Foundation’s total COVID-19 donations to date, r