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- Inovio Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine and Plans First Dose Todayhttps://modernod.com/news/inovio-initiates-phase-1-clinical-trial-of-its-covid-19-vaccine-and-plans-first-dose-today/2477532/Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA has accepted the company’s investigational new drug (IND) application for INO-4800, its DNA vaccine candidate designed to prevent COVID-19 infection, paving the way for phase 1 clinical testing of INO-4800 in healthy volunteers beginning this we
- SightGlass Vision Reports Positive Interim Data From Pivotal Clinical Trial of Novel Eyeglasses for Myopia Management in Childrenhttps://modernod.com/news/sightglass-vision-reports-positive-interim-data-from-pivotal-clinical-trial-of-novel-eyeglasses-for-myopia-management-in-children/2477515/SightGlass Vision announced topline results from a planned 12-month interim analysis of the company’s pivotal trial evaluating its novel eyeglasses designed to slow the progression of myopia in children. Data from the Control of Myopia Using Peripheral Diffusion Lenses: Efficacy and Safety
- Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Could Start in UK Within a Monthhttps://modernod.com/news/coronavirus-vaccine-trials-could-start-in-uk-within-a-month/2477440/Trials of a coronavirus vaccine could begin within the next month, the UK’s health agency has said, as it prepares to start evaluating a drug developed by Oxford University, according to a report in The Telegraph. Scientists at Public Health England (PHE) could give the go-ahead for
- Bayer Partners With U.S. Government on Major Product Donation to Fight Coronavirushttps://modernod.com/news/bayer-partners-with-u-s-government-on-major-product-donation-to-fight-coronavirus/2477417/Bayer announced it is joining the U.S. Government’s fight against COVID-19 with a donation of 3 million tablets of the drug Resochin (chloroquine phosphate). Resochin, a product discovered by Bayer in 1934 and indicated for prevention and treatment of malaria, also appears to have br
- Allergan Receives FDA Approval for Durysta, the First Sustained-Release Implant for Glaucomahttps://modernod.com/news/allergan-receives-fda-approval-for-durysta-the-first-sustained-release-implant-for-glaucoma/2477351/Allergan announced that the FDA has approved the company’s new drug application (NDA) for Durysta (bimatoprost implant) 10 mcg for intracameral administration. With this approval, Durysta becomes the first intracameral, biodegradable sustained-release implant indicated to reduce IOP in pati
- Orbis International Secures $500,000 Grant for Flying Eye Hospitalhttps://modernod.com/news/orbis-international-secures-500000-grant-for-flying-eye-hospital/2477337/The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation will invest $500,000 to support the sight-saving work Orbis International carries out on its Flying Eye Hospital, the world’s only fully accredited ophthalmic teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft. The one-time gran
- The American Optometric Association (AOA) Partners With Lyft To Offer Free Rides To Get A Comprehensive Eye Examhttps://modernod.com/news/the-american-optometric-association-aoa-partners-with-lyft-to-offer-free-rides-to-get-a-comprehensive-eye-exam/2477334/The American Optometric Association (AOA), the leading authority on quality care and an advocate for our nation’s health, representing more than 30,000 doctors of optometry, announced that it is working with Lyft, the transportation network, to offer free rides to people in select cities in
- Novartis Responds to ASRS Note Raising Safety Concerns With Wet AMD Drug Beovuhttps://modernod.com/news/novartis-responds-to-asrs-note-raising-safety-concerns-of-beovu/2477325/Novartis confirmed to Eyewire News that it is launching an internal and external review of new information that raises serious safety concerns over its wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) drug Beovu (brolucizumab). On February 23, the American Society of Retinal Specialists (ASRS) s
- ForwardVue Pharma CEO: “Short Path to the Clinic” for Retinal Disease Treatmenthttps://modernod.com/news/forwardvue-pharma-ceo-short-path-to-the-clinic-for-retinal-disease-treatment/2477263/In an interview with Proactive’s Christine Corrado at the Biotech Showcase 2020 in San Francisco, ForwardVue Pharmaceuticals CEO Alan Franklin, MD, PhD, who is an ophthalmologist, said the company’s lead molecule aims to treat retinal neovascular disease.
- AAO: Survey Reveals Most Americans Know a Lot Less About Eye Health Than They Think They Dohttps://modernod.com/news/aao-survey-reveals-most-americans-know-a-lot-less-about-eye-health-than-they-think-they-do/2477222/A survey conducted by The Harris Poll has uncovered key gaps in American’s knowledge of eye health, and what they don’t know is putting them at risk of vision loss, according to an AAO news release. With the number of people affected by potentially blinding eye diseases expected to do