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Healio is accepting submissions for its third annual peer-recognition program, Healio Honors. The goal of the program is to celebrate health care professionals who go above and beyond through patient care, advocacy and mentorship. This year’s theme is “Igniting Medical Excellence” and will honor health care professionals who are elevating medicine in...
SEATTLE — The phase 2 PAVIA trial investigating Duravyu, previously known as EYP-1901, for the treatment of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy did not meet its primary endpoint, according to a press release from EyePoint Pharmaceuticals. “Although the phase 2 PAVIA clinical trial did not meet the prespecified primary endpoint of improvement of at...
SEATTLE — Funding from the Chronic Disease Foundation impacts the decision to stay on a chosen therapy in patients with age-related macular degeneration, according to a poster presentation. “Access to funding impacts a patient’s choice in what treatment they want to do, especially because anti-VEGF drugs are really expensive these days,” Cassie Papproth,...
SEATTLE — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, Marjorie Rah, OD, PhD, FAAO, discusses a poster that investigated Biotrue Hydration Plus Multipurpose solution from Bausch + Lomb. A real-world in-home use test included 202 soft contact lens wearers who reported they were on the verge of dropping out of contact lenses due to dryness...
SEATTLE — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, Jennifer I. Lim, MD, discusses anti-VEGF therapy for the treatment of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy. Lim and colleagues with the Anti-VEGF Versus Prompt Laser for Proliferative Sickle Cell Retinopathy (ALPS) group investigated 37 patients who received anti-VEGF therapy for proliferative...
The Contact Lens Institute has published a new report on actions that eye care practices can take to attract potential and former contact lens wearers. According to a CLI press release, the 26-page report, “Beyond Vision: Behaviors to Attract New & Returning Contact Lens Wearers,” was based on research with more than 1,000 vision-corrected adults,...
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