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- Avellino Exceeds 1 Million COVID-19 Tests in 2020 and Welcomes New Executive Team Hires In 2021https://modernod.com/news/avellino-exceeds-1-million-covid-19-tests-in-2020-and-welcomes-new-executive-team-hires-in-2021/2478756/Avellino Lab USA announced that the company performed over 1 million AvellinoCoV2 COVID-19 tests since March 2020, and has further expanded the company’s executive team to drive additional development and commercial growth in 2021. Chief Scientific Officer, Nazneen Aziz, PhD, and Global Head of S
- SIFI Appoints Jelle Kleijn to Lead Effort to Deliver First Registered Treatment of Acanthamoeba Keratitishttps://modernod.com/news/sifi-appoints-jelle-kleijn-to-lead-effort-to-deliver-first-registered-treatment-of-acanthamoeba-keratitis/2478631/SIFI has announced the recent appointment of Jelle Kleijn, PhD, as Global Head of Acanthamoeba keratitis. Dr. Kleijn will lead the efforts aimed at developing and making polihexanide monotherapy available to Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) patients. Given the urgency to effectively treat AK to
- Nicox Announces Senior Management Changehttps://modernod.com/news/nicox-announces-senior-management-change/2478295/Nicox announced that Tomas Navratil, PhD, Executive Vice President & Head of Research & Development of the Nicox Group and General Manager of Nicox Ophthalmics, will be leaving the company on October 16, 2020 to pursue other opportunities. Nicox has initiated a search for a successor. In
- Aviceda Therapeutics Appoints Biopharma and Business Veterans to its Board of Directorshttps://modernod.com/news/aviceda-therapeutics-appoints-biopharma-and-business-veterans-to-its-board-of-directors/2478284/Aviceda Therapeutics has announce the appointment of Chris Adams, PhD, MBA, and Nancy K. Thomason, MBA, to their board of directors, effective immediately. Aviceda is a preclinical stage biotech company focused on the next generation of glyco-immune therapeutics utilizing the Glyco-Code technolog
- NIH Selects Dr. Michael Chiang as Director of the National Eye Institutehttps://modernod.com/news/nih-selects-dr-michael-chiang-as-director-of-the-national-eye-institute/2478074/National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, has chosen Michael F. Chiang, MD, as director of NIH’s National Eye Institute (NEI). A practicing ophthalmologist, Dr. Chiang is currently the Knowles Professor of Ophthalmology & Medical Informatics and Clinical Epide
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment of New COO and CFOhttps://modernod.com/news/tarsus-pharmaceuticals-announces-appointment-of-new-coo-and-cfo/2478029/Tarsus Pharmaceuticals announced the appointment of two pharmaceutical veterans to its executive leadership team: Sesha Neervannan, PhD, to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO), and Leo Greenstein to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As part of its leadership, Sesha and Leo
- NYU Langone Names New Chair of Ophthalmologyhttps://modernod.com/news/nyu-langone-names-new-chair-of-ophthalmology/2477903/Kathryn A. Colby, MD, PhD, an internationally renowned physician–scientist, has been appointed chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at NYU Langone Health. She assumes her new post this fall. Dr. Colby is currently the Louis Block Professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology a
- Can You Catch COVID-19 Through Your Eyes?https://modernod.com/news/can-you-catch-covid-19-through-your-eyes/2477840/You can catch COVID-19 if an infected person coughs or sneezes and contagious droplets enter your nose or mouth. But can you become ill if the virus lands in your eyes? Virologist Joseph Fair, PhD, an NBC News contributor, raised that concern when he became critically ill with COVID-19, ac
- Experts Provide Update on Medicare Waivers and Other Regulatory Provisions During COVID-19https://modernod.com/news/experts-provide-update-on-medicare-waivers-and-other-regulatory-provisions-during-covid-19/2479527/In a recent episode of Ophthalmology Off the Grid, cohosts Gary Wörtz, MD, and Blake Williamson, MD, MPH, spoke with Allison Shuren, JD, MSN; Paul Rudolf, MD, JD; and Thomas Gustafson, PhD, to discuss a variety of regulatory topic
- Gyroscope Therapeutics Strengthens Senior Leadership Ahead of Next Stage of Company Growthhttps://modernod.com/news/gyroscope-therapeutics-strengthens-senior-leadership-ahead-of-next-stage-of-company-growth/2477297/Gyroscope Therapeutics announced the strengthening of its leadership team with the hiring of Nadia Waheed, MD, MPH, from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston as Chief Medical Officer (CMO), and the promotion of Jane Hughes, PhD, formerly VP Translational Research, to Chief Scientific Off