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- Bausch Health Initiates Second Phase 3 Study for Investigational Treatment for Dry Eye Disease Associated With MGDhttps://modernod.com/news/bausch-health-initiates-second-phase-3-study-for-nov03-investigational-treatment-for-dry-eye-disease-associated-with-meibomian-gland-dysfunction/2478590/Bausch + Lomb announced the initiation of the second of two phase 3 studies evaluating the investigational treatment NOV03 (perfluorohexyloctane) as a first-in-class investigational drug with a novel mechanism of action to treat the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (DED) associated with meib
- Oculus Names New Medical Directorhttps://modernod.com/news/oculus-names-new-medical-director/2478589/Oculus has announced that William Tullo, OD, FAAO, joined the company as a Medical Director on November 2nd, 2020. In this newly developed role, Dr. Tullo will provide clinical guidance and educate medical eye profess
- Eversight-Led Research Confirms Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in Postmortem Ocular Tissuehttps://modernod.com/news/eversight-led-research-confirms-presence-of-sars-cov-2-in-postmortem-ocular-tissue/2478578/Eversight announced research findings showing a small but noteworthy prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in ocular tissues from individuals who died from COVID-19. The findings were presented Nov. 7 at the
- Azar Expects 40M COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Ready to Distribute By End of Decemberhttps://modernod.com/news/azar-expects-40m-covid-19-vaccine-doses-ready-to-distribute-by-end-of-december/2478576/Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar expects 40 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines will be ready for distribution by the end of December as providers must gear up now to allocate the doses, according to a FierceHealthcare
- Pfizer, BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine Shows 95% Efficacy Rate at Final Analysishttps://modernod.com/news/pfizer-biontechs-covid-19-vaccine-shows-95-efficacy-rate-at-final-analysis/2478571/Pfizer and BioNTech announced Wednesday that their mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate BNT162b2 demonstrated an efficacy rate of 95% at the final efficacy analysis of a phase 3 study. The companies noted the primary objective analysis is based on 170 cases of COVID-19, of which 162 cases were o
- Hydrus Microstent Receives Highest Designation of Any MIGS Device as Part of AAO Treatment Guidelineshttps://modernod.com/news/hydrus-microstent-receives-highest-designation-of-any-migs-device-as-part-of-aao-treatment-guidelines/2478570/Ivantis, developer of the novel Hydrus Microstent MIGS device, announced that the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) has designated the Hydrus Microstent as “Level 1, Moderate Quality, Strong Recommendation.” The designation is the highest of any MIGS device in its 2020 Preferred Practice Pa
- Alcon Canada Introduces AcrySof IQ Vivity Presbyopia-Correcting IOLhttps://modernod.com/news/alcon-canada-introduces-acrysof-iq-vivity-presbyopia-correcting-iol/2478568/Alcon has announced the Canadian launch of AcrySof IQ Vivity presbyopia-correcting IOL. AcrySof IQ Vivity uses a non-diffractive design called X-WAVE technology and provides an extended range of vision and reduced dependency on glasses following cataract surgery.
- IRIS Registry Reveals Insights into Eye Disease Prevention and Treatmenthttps://modernod.com/news/worlds-largest-specialty-clinical-data-registry-reveals-insights-into-eye-disease-prevention-and-treatment/2478566/The IRIS Registry powered a number of big data studies this year, many of which were presented at AAO 2020 Virtual, the 124th annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The research findings are now available to view on demand. “With a growing pool of aggregated d
- Moderna Says mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine 94.5% Effectivehttps://modernod.com/news/moderna-says-mrna-covid-19-vaccine-94-5-effective/2478555/Moderna announced Monday that in the first interim analysis of the phase 3 COVE study, its experimental COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273 demonstrated efficacy of 94.5%. The company noted that the analysis was based on 95 cases of coronavirus infection, of which 90 cases were observed in the placebo gro
- Rural Hospitals Struggle to Find Places to Transfer Patients Amid COVID-19 Surgeshttps://modernod.com/news/rural-hospitals-struggle-to-find-places-to-transfer-patients-amid-covid-19-surges/2478551/Norton County Hospital is facing a major problem in recent days: Figuring out where to send patients that need a higher level of care. As larger hospitals become overwhelmed with serious cases of COVID-19, the options are dwindling. For Norton, the closest hospital that it has been able to