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- Ocugen Announces OCU400 Receives Orphan Drug Designations for Retinitis Pigmentosa and Leber Congenital Amaurosishttps://modernod.com/news/ocugen-announces-ocu400-receives-orphan-drug-designations-for-retinitis-pigmentosa-and-leber-congenital-amaurosis/2481300/Ocugen announced that the FDA granted orphan drug designations to OCU400—human nuclear hormone receptor subfamily 2 group E member 3 (hNR2E3)—for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). “Receiving orphan drug designation is
- NovaSight Announces Commercial Release of CureSight in the US; Names a New VP of Sales & Marketinghttps://modernod.com/news/novasight-introduces-curesight-to-the-us-and-names-a-new-vp-of-sales-marketing/2481295/NovaSight has announced that its CureSight digital therapy for amblyopia will be released to the US market beginning this month. CureSight received FDA 510(K) clearance based on a pivotal study that found the device to be noninferior to eye patching—t
- Alcon Completes Acquisition of Aerie Pharmaceuticalshttps://modernod.com/news/alcon-completes-acquisition-of-aerie-pharmaceuticals/2481258/Alcon announced that it has completed its acquisition of Aerie Pharmaceuticals. In August, Alcon announced its was acquiring Aerie for about $770 million, or $15.25 per share—a premium of 37% to Aerie’s closing price prior to the deal. The deal bolsters Alcon's
- Nanodropper Launches 2022 Give the Gift of Vision Campaign to Support Global Access to Eye Carehttps://modernod.com/news/nanodropper-launches-2022-give-the-gift-of-vision-campaign-to-support-global-access-to-eye-care/2481193/Nanodropper launched its "2022 Give the Gift of Vision" program, an effort to donate 1,000 Nanodropper adaptors to at-need patients in the United States and its global nonprofit partners—designed to deliver better access to vision-saving care in low resource settings in
- BVI Announces Certification for its IOL Portfolio Under the European Medical Device Regulationhttps://modernod.com/news/bvi-announces-certification-for-its-iol-portfolio-under-the-european-medical-device-regulation/2481094/BVI announced certification for its IOL portfolio under the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR, (EU) 2017/745) from its Notified Body, the British Standards Institution (BSI)¹. The new regulatory criteria came into effect in May 2021, replacing the prior Medica
- New MaximEyes.com Software Designed to Simplify EHR Navigation and Patient Flowhttps://modernod.com/news/new-maximeyescom-software-designed-to-simplify-ehr-navigation-and-patient-flow/2481076/First Insight has introduced MaximEyes.com, which is desinged go allow eye care processionals to access data—anywhere, anytime, from any device—in a web browser or via a local server.
- Bausch + Lomb Named Exclusive Global Distributor of Alfa Instruments Intraocular Dyeshttps://modernod.com/news/bausch-lomb-named-exclusive-global-distributor-of-alfa-instruments-intraocular-dyes/2481060/Bausch + Lomb and Alfa Instruments announced that the companies have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement under which Bausch + Lomb will distribute and commercialize Alfa Instruments' line of surgical intraocular dyes—Vitreocare—globally with the exception of Italy, wh
- Bausch + Lomb Announces Strategic Partnership With Munich Surgical Imaging GmbHhttps://modernod.com/news/bausch-lomb-announces-strategic-partnership-with-munich-surgical-imaging-gmbh-1/2481053/Bausch + Lomb announced its strategic partnership with Munich Surgical Imaging GmbH (MSI)—a wholly‐owned subsidiary of Heidelberg Engineering GmbH. Based in Munich, Germany, MSI develops state‐of‐the art digital visualization and image‐guided surgical applications. The new MSI platform, dev
- Alcon to Acquire Aerie Pharmaceuticalshttps://modernod.com/news/alcon-to-acquire-aerie-pharmaceuticals/2481041/In another move to bolster its glaucoma portolio and expand its pharmaceutical offerings, Alcon announced it is acquiring Aerie Pharmaceuticals for about $770 million, or $15.25 per share—a premium of 37% to Aerie’s lastest closing price. The transaction was a
- Research to Prevent Blindness and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Award New Research Grants to Improve Eye Carehttps://modernod.com/news/research-to-prevent-blindness-and-the-american-academy-of-ophthalmology-award-new-research-grants-to-improve-eye-care/2481025/The American Academy of Ophthalmology and Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) announced the 2022 recipients of the RPB/AAO Award for IRIS Registry Research. The researchers will use the IRIS Registry—the nation’s first and largest comprehensive eye disease clinical registry—to c