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- Vision Expo to Host Virtual Career Zone Event on September 22https://modernod.com/news/vision-expo-to-host-virtual-career-zone-event-on-september-22/2478215/Vision Expo announced plans to host the Virtual Career Zone, a virtual networking event designed to connect young professionals and students with prominent optical companies. Set to take place on Tuesday, September 22 from 11-11:55 a.m. EDT, the virtual event is inspired by Vision Expo’s o
- Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise in Older Adultshttps://modernod.com/news/modernas-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-shows-promise-in-older-adults/2478211/Interim data from a phase 1 study presented by Moderna showed that its experimental vaccine mRNA-1273 was safe and generated an immune response in people over the age of 55. Results from cohorts of older adults aged 56 to 70 years, as well as elderly participants 71 years and older, were detailed
- CooperVision Announces Direct-to-Consumer Campaign Featuring Sarah Michelle Gellarhttps://modernod.com/news/coopervision-announces-direct-to-consumer-campaign-featuring-sarah-michelle-gellar/2478209/CooperVision announced popular US television actress, producer, and entrepreneur Sarah Michelle Gellar as the spokesperson for its Brilliant Futures Myopia Management Program. Brilliant Futures is built around MiSight 1 day, the first and only soft contact lens FDA-approved to slow the progressio
- Dosing Begins in Phase 1 Study of AstraZeneca’s Antibody Combination for COVID-19https://modernod.com/news/dosing-begins-in-phase-1-study-of-astrazenecas-antibody-combination-for-covid-19/2478204/AstraZeneca announced that the first subjects have been dosed in a phase 1 study of AZD7442, a combination of two monoclonal antibodies under development for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Mene Pangalos, executive vice president of biopharmaceuticals R&D, said “this combinati
- Sight Sciences Announces Positive Interim Results From Trial of the OMNI Surgical System in Open-Angle Glaucomahttps://modernod.com/news/sight-sciences-announces-positive-interim-results-from-trial-of-the-omni-surgical-system-in-open-angle-glaucoma/2478205/Sight Sciences announced positive 6-month interim safety and efficacy results from a prospective, multicenter, historically controlled clinical trial of the OMNI Surgical System in open-angle glaucoma (OAG). The OMNI Surgical System is currently cleared for use for the delivery of small amounts o
- FDA Approves Cystadrops for the Ocular Manifestations of Cystinosishttps://modernod.com/news/fda-approves-cystadrops-for-the-ocular-manifestations-of-cystinosis/2478201/Recordati Rare Diseases announced the FDA has approved Cystadrops (cysteamine ophthalmic solution 0.37%), a new, viscous eye drop solution that depletes corneal cystine crystal deposits in people living with cystinosis. Cystadrops demonstrated a significant reduction in cystine crystal deposits i
- SIFI Reports Positive Results From 044/si Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Netildex Gelhttps://modernod.com/news/sifi-reports-positive-results-from-044-si-phase-3-clinical-trial-of-netildex-gel/2478196/SIFI has announced the conclusion of a phase 3 clinical trial aimed at demonstrating the noninferiority of Netildex gel administered twice daily (BID) vs. Netildex solution administered four ti
- Nanodropper Awarded a Phase 2 SBIR Contract With US Air Forcehttps://modernod.com/news/nanodropper-awarded-a-phase-2-sbir-contract-with-us-air-force/2478191/Nanodropper, the maker of an eyedrop bottle adaptor that reduces eyedrop size, has been named the recipient of a phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the United States Air Force. The Nanodropper adaptor was inspired by a 2017 ProPublica article detailing just how
- Fewer Side Effects Helped Spur Pfizer, BioNTech to Advance BNT162b2 Over Earlier COVID-19 Vaccine Candidatehttps://modernod.com/news/fewer-side-effects-helped-spur-pfizer-biontech-to-advance-bnt162b2-over-earlier-covid-19-vaccine-candidate/2478189/Pfizer and BioNTech released more details about why they recently selected their experimental coronavirus vaccine BNT162b2 over another candidate to advance into late-stage testing. According to a paper available on the medRxiv preprint server presenting additional phase 1 data from an ongoing US
- Kubota Vision Receives Orphan Products Clinical Trial Grant for Stargardt Disease Treatment Candidatehttps://modernod.com/news/kubota-vision-receives-orphan-products-clinical-trials-grants-to-emixustat-for-stargardt-disease/2478187/Kubota Vision announced that the FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) has awarded an orphan products clinical trial grant to support the ongoing phase 3 study of emixustat in Stargardt disease. Orphan product clinical trial grants support well-controlled studies that will eithe