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- Top Contact Lens Experts Dispel Misinformation Regarding Coronavirushttps://modernod.com/news/top-contact-lens-experts-dispel-misinformation-regarding-coronavirus/2477381/Three of the world’s most published researchers in eye health are responding to misinformation circulating regarding contact lens and spectacles/glasses wear amidst Novel Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Lyndon Jones, director of the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) at the U
- WHO Declares COVID-19 Outbreak a Pandemic; Eye Care Meetings Cancelledhttps://modernod.com/news/who-declares-covid-19-outbreak-a-pandemic/2477374/The World Health Organization on Wednesday said the COVID-19 outbreak can now “be characterized as a pandemic.” The declaration by Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was made after he noted that “in the past 2 weeks the number of cases outside China has increased thirteen-fold and the nu
- Reichert Technologies Signs Exclusive Deal for CATS Reusable Tonometer Prismshttps://modernod.com/news/reichert-technologies-signs-exclusive-deal-for-cats-reusable-tonometer-prisms/2477372/Reichert Technologies has announced its exclusive partnership with CATS Tonometer to distribute the CATS Reusable Tonometer Prism in the United States. The patented CATS Tonometer Prism is superior in IOP accuracy to traditional Goldmann prism, according to a company news release. “For dec
- New Automated Method Developed for Corneal Nerve Fiber Tortuosity Analysishttps://modernod.com/news/new-automated-method-developed-for-corneal-nerve-fiber-tortuosity-analysis/2477369/The Intelligent Medical Imaging (iMED) Group at the Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (CNITECH) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a fully automated method for image-level corneal nerve fiber tortuosity estimation, contribu
- Long-Term Visual Acuity Unaffected by Intraocular Lens Implantation After Congenital-Cataract Surgeryhttps://modernod.com/news/long-term-visual-acuity-unaffected-by-intraocular-lens-implantation-after-congenital-cataract-surgery/2477357/Intraocular lens implantation at the time of surgery for congenital cataract during infancy neither improves nor worsens long-term visual acuity, compared with correction with contact lenses, according to findings from the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS), as
- CooperVision Announces Availability of Biofinity Toric Multifocal Contact Lenseshttps://modernod.com/news/coopervision-announces-availability-of-biofinity-toric-multifocal-contact-lenses/2477352/To enable eye care professionals to address their astigmatic patients’ evolving presbyopic needs, CooperVision has announced the availability of its new Biofinity toric multifocal contact lenses. The company has begun initial shipments of the lenses, with nationwide availability expected in May.<
- EMA Grants Two Product Designations to Janssen’s RPGR Gene Therapy for X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosahttps://modernod.com/news/ema-grants-two-product-designations-to-janssens-rpgr-gene-therapy-for-x-linked-retinitis-pigmentosa/2477338/The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted both PRIME (PRIority MEdicines) and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP) designations to the company’s adeno-associated virus (AAV)-RPGR gene t
- Iridex Launches Revised MicroPulse P3 Device for Glaucomahttps://modernod.com/news/iridex-launches-revised-micropulse-p3-device-for-glaucoma/2477328/Iridex announced the introduction of the second generation of the MicroPulse P3 Device, which has been redesigned to deliver greater stability, visualization, coupling, and fit, according to a company news release. “The revised MicroPulse P3 Device is intuit
- Aldeyra Therapeutics to Provide Update on Late-Stage Clinical Development Pipeline at 2020 Research & Development Dayhttps://modernod.com/news/aldeyra-therapeutics-to-provide-update-on-late-stage-clinical-development-pipeline-at-2020-research-development-day/2477322/Aldeyra Therapeutics on Monday hosted the 2020 Research & Development Day (R&D Day) with investors and financial analysts in New York City to present recent clinical development updates and market opportun
- Penn Medicine Study Finds Missing One Eye Appointment Can Lead to Vision Loss in Elderlyhttps://modernod.com/news/penn-medicine-study-finds-missing-one-eye-appointment-can-lead-to-vision-loss-in-elderly/2477319/A Penn Medicine study discovered that missing one ophthalmology appointment within a 2-year period could cause dec