Prevent Blindness is partnering with an organization to recruit individuals who are over 55 years old, with late-stage dry AMD (also known as Geographic Atrophy (GA), to work with a pharmaceutical company in an advisory capacity. To be eligible you should not have any wet AMD. About the advisory role The role will require you [Read More]
Author: Dan Roberts
Paid Discussion Opportunity For GA Patients
LaGrippe Research, a market research firm specializing in healthcare, is working on a project on the topic of Geographic Atrophy and is inviting adults who have been diagnosed to participate. This will be in the form of a 60-minute virtual discussion. Those that qualify and participate will be compensated $100 as a thank you. Participants must live in the USA. If interested, [Read More]
Paid Advisory Opportunity for people with GA
Prevent Blindness is partnering with an organization to recruit individuals who areover 55 years old, with late-stage dry AMD (also known as Geographic Atrophy (GA), to work with a pharmaceutical company in an advisory capacity. About the advisory role The role will require you to explain the impact of your sight loss in the broadest sense [Read More]
Paid Focus Group Opportunity
Prevent Blindness is partnering with an organization called Medscape Education to recruit 4 individuals with wet AMD who are receiving anti-VEGF injections to participate in an online focus group on Monday, January 26th at 7-9:30p ET. Goal of the focus group These discussions are an essential first step in addressing a well-documented gap in [Read More]
PRIMA System Improves Sight in Individuals With Geographic Atrophy
A study involving participants with geographic atrophy due to dry AMD, has shown that a photovoltaic subretinal implant, combined with glasses that project near-infrared light to the implant, has led to significant improvement in visual acuity in 32 participants. This so-called PRIMA system represents the first eye prosthesis to restore functional sight in people with [Read More]