Genentech has announced positive top line results from its Phase III Archway study, evaluating Port Delivery System (PDS) with Lucentis (ranibizumab) in people living with wet (neovascular)AMD. PDS is a permanent refillable eye implant, approximately the size of a grain of rice, which continuously delivers a customized formulation of Lucentis over a period of months. […]
A article in the journal Nature has reported that scientists from Hong Kong and the U.S. have taken a big step toward development of a true bionic eye, more precisely called a “biomimetic electrochemical eye”. Attempts that set it apart from other such efforts, such as the Argus 2 device, are its similarity to many of […]
Reprinted from Prevent Blindness For everyone’s health and safety, ophthalmologists, optometrists, and other doctors are being urged to see patients only for urgent or emergent problems during the coronavirus pandemic. This is important for two reasons: To limit contact between patients and staff in offices, waiting rooms, exams rooms, and surgical facilities to reduce the […]