Showing posts with label Update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Update. Show all posts
Saturday, June 17, 2017

AMD Update 3 Current Studies for Treating Macular Degeneration

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In its upcoming February 25th issue, Ocular Surgery News presents a table of ongoing clinical trials for treating age-related macular degene...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

CATT Study Update 8 The Story Behind The CATT Study

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As any of you who have read this Journal know, I began writing about Avastin on January 31, 2006, after starting this online Journal the mon...
Monday, June 12, 2017

Stem Cells in Ophthalmology Update 27 ACT Interim Clinical Results Are Outstanding

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Having treated 36 patients in two clinical trials for Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy (SMD - 24 patients to date) and for dry Age-Related Macu...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

AMD Update 11 Potential Breakthrough Drug Delivery System for AMD

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Earlier last week, I was reading a report on Dr. Robert Langer’s keynote address from the recent ARVO meeting held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, “T...
Friday, May 19, 2017

NeoVista Epi Retinal Strontium 90 Treatment for AMD Update 3

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During the 2008 Retina Society Meeting, held last weekend, NeoVista, Inc. provided eighteen-month data from its Phase II feasability study o...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

CATT Study Update 3 Avastin vs Lucentis – To Get Underway by Year’s End!

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The following information was provided to me from the recent CATT Study training meeting held in Philadelphia. (Please note the addended upd...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Avedro Update Company Completes U S Phase III Study of Microwave Treatment for Progressive Keratoconus and Ectasia after Refractive Surgery

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I have been following the progress of Avedro since I first learned about the formation of the company back in May 2009 ( The Rebirth of Ther...
Friday, May 12, 2017

Avastin Lucentis Update 15 The Brits Join in on the Fight

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Apparently, British doctors are joining the fight against the high price of Lucentis and have called for a comparative study with Avastin, s...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Gene Therapy in Ophthalmology Update 17 Hemera Biosciences Obtains Initial Funding

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In December 2011, following that year’s AAO Meeting, I wrote about Hemera Biosciences and its complement regulation therapy via the use of g...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

AMD Update 2 Investigative Therapies Discussed at the 2008 AAO Meeting

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In June of this year, Dave Harmon of Market Scope, reporting on the 2008 ARVO meeting, published a graphic describing AMD Cases in the U.S. ...
Thursday, March 2, 2017

Stem Cells in Ophthalmology Update 14 Current Stem Cell Clinical Trials

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Thanks to new friend, Alexey Bersenev, and his stem cell blog, Hematopoiesis , I have been able to add several companies and medical institu...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Avastin Lucentis Update 17 The Controversy Heats Up Once Again

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This writeup was posted on the WSJ Health Blog earlier this afternoon. Isn’t it interesting about the timing – just as the CATT Study compa...