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- Study of Sickle Retinopathy in Children Shows Similar Rate of Occurence as Adultshttps://modernod.com/news/study-of-sickle-retinopathy-in-children-shows-similar-rate-of-occurence-as-adults/2481945/The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) announced the presentations of a study of sickle retinopathy, an age-dependent process that can develop in patients with sickle cell disease, of whom older patients are at substantially higher risk than younger patients. To learn more about ho
- Belite Bio’s Tinlarebant Studied to Treat Childhood-onset Stargardt Diseasehttps://modernod.com/news/belite-bios-tinlarebant-studied-to-treat-childhood-onset-stargardt-disease/2481950/Belite Bio presented final data from a 24-month, phase 2 study of Tinlarebant (LBS-008) in adolescent Stargardt disease (STGD1). The study—LBS-008-CT02—enrolled 12 adolescent STGD1 patients, aged 12-18 years, who completed
- Ace Vision Group Names Rob Kissling, MD, as Chief Medical Officerhttps://modernod.com/news/ace-vision-group-names-rob-kissling-md-as-chief-medical-officer-1/2481938/Ace Vision Group announced that it has named Rob Kissling, MD, as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Kissling has more than 20 years of experience integrating clinical development, medical strategy, and business planning to develop and commercialize devices and medicines for ophthalmology.
- Pantheon Vision Raises $2.5 Million in Seed Funding to Launch Development of Bioengineered Corneal Implanthttps://modernod.com/news/pantheon-vision-raises-25-million-in-seed-funding-to-launch-development-of-bioengineered-corneal-implant/2481936/Pantheon Vision has announced $2.5 million in seed financing from Baltimore-based KeraLink International (KLI), a non-profit organization singularly focused on eradicating corneal blindness with an emphasis on low- and middle-income countries. The funding will be us
- Ocuphire Pharma Announces Appointment of George Magrath, MD, MS, as Chief Executive Officer and Directorhttps://modernod.com/news/ocuphire-pharma-announces-appointment-of-george-magrath-md-ms-as-chief-executive-officer-and-director/2481927/Ocuphire Pharma announced the appointment of George Magrath, MD, MS, as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective today. Dr. Magrath succeeds Rick Rodgers, Interim CEO and President since April 2023. Mr. Rodgers will remain on the company’s Board of Direct
- FDA Warns Consumers Not to Purchase or Use 27 Brands of Eye Dropshttps://modernod.com/news/fda-warns-consumers-not-to-purchase-or-use-26-brands-of-eye-drops/2481919/In its most wide-reaching warning yet, the FDA advised consumers not to purchase and to immediately stop using 27 ov
- Lighthouse Guild Presents 2023 Awardshttps://modernod.com/news/lighthouse-guild-presents-2023-awards/2481905/Lighthouse Guild hosted its 2023 lecture and awards ceremony at its headquarters in New York on October 19. The awards recognize outstanding accomplishments in vision science, technological innovation, and advocacy. Wiley A. Chambers, MD, was awarded
- Haag-Streit Announces Launch of Haag-Streit Japanhttps://modernod.com/news/haag-streit-announces-launch-of-haag-streit-japan/2481899/In a move to solidify its regional presence following recent expansions into China and Singapore, Haag-Streit announced the establishment of Haag-Streit Japan KK. "Our expansion into Japan is a milestone in Haag-Streit’s international commercial expansion plan,
- Optos Unveils New Retinal Imaging Technology at Euretinahttps://modernod.com/news/optos-unveils-new-retinal-imaging-technology-at-euretina/2481893/Optos announced advances to its ultra-widefield multimodal retinal imaging at its satellite symposia at the Euretina congress in Amsterdam. Optos’ devices capture ultra-widefield (UWFTM) high-resolution optomap images of 200 degress of the retina in a sing
- Prevent Blindness to Host “World Sight Day” Congressional Briefing and Free Vision Screening on Capitol Hillhttps://modernod.com/news/prevent-blindness-to-host-world-sight-day-congressional-briefing-and-free-vision-screening-on-capitol-hill/2481872/Nonprofit Prevent Blindness will be hosting a Congressional Briefing and free vision screening on October 12 from 10 am to 2 pm ET. The event, with support from the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, is part of this year’s