Reports: Bausch + Lomb Nears Deal to Sell Itself to Valeant for $9 Billion
From Eyewiretoday.com
Bausch + Lomb is nearing a deal to sell itself to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. for about $9 billion, according to an article published Friday online in the Wall Street Journal. The article, which cites people familiar with the matter, said Bausch + Lomb could strike a deal to be sold to Valeant, a Canadian generic drug maker, next wee...
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Friday, May 24, 2013
OCLI Hosts 16th Continuing Education Event for Area Optometr...
From Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island — 5/24/2013
On April 7, Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island hosted its 16th Continuing Education (CE) event for optometrists at The Carlyle on the Green. More t...Full story
Aaren Scientific Gains FDA Approval for its Aero Injection S...
From Aaren Scientific — 5/24/2013
Aaren Scientific has been granted approval by the FDA to sell the Aero Injection System for use with its EC-3 and EC-3 PAL aspheric 3-piece hydrophobi...Full story
Visual Test Associated With High IQ
From Medical News Today — 5/24/2013
Optical illusions have long been used in neuroscience to point out perceptions into how the brain functions, and now a visual test can detect impaired...Full story
TODAY Study Sounds Alarm Bell for Youth with Type 2 Diabetes
From Medscape Ophthalmology — 5/24/2013
Some youths with type 2 diabetes have a more aggressive form of the disease than is seen adults, with a high risk for complications such as early rena...Full story
Treatment For Glaucoma May Lead To Droopy Eyelids
From Medical News Today — 5/24/2013
Prostaglandin analogues (PGAs), drugs which lower intraocular pressure, are often the first line of treatment for people with glaucoma, but their use ...Full story
Bevacizumab Cheaper Than Ranibizumab for Macular Degeneratio...
From Medscape Ophthalmology — 5/24/2013
Bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech) is more cost effective than ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genentech) for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, accor...Full story
Thursday, May 23, 2013
ThromboGenics Supports New Ophthalmology Chair at KU Leuven
From ThromboGenics NV — 5/23/2013
ThromboGenics NV has announced that it is supporting a new research chair in Pharmacological and Surgical Vitrectomy at KU Leuven (University of Leuve...Full story
Marguerite McDonald, MD, Recognized for Contributions to Oph...
From Ophthalmic Women Leaders — 5/23/2013
Marguerite McDonald, MD, was recently recognized for her accomplishments in ophthalmology by CNN. Her career and landmark contributions were profiled ...Full story
CXL Improved Morphological, Functional Parameters in Select ...
From Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today — 5/23/2013
Corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) stabilized the progression of ectatic disease 4 years postoperatively in all age groups and improved the function...Full story
Cognoptix Test Identifies Alzheimers Disease via Beta Amyloi...
From Cognoptix — 5/23/2013
Cognoptix announced that its Sapphire II eye test identified Alzheimers disease patients via a beta amyloid (Ab) signature in their eyes in a 10-subje...Full story
Outsourcing to Help Clear Eye Surgery Backlog in Australia
From ABC.net — 5/23/2013
Queensland Health says hundreds of Wide Bay residents are in critical need of eye surgery and will be treated in private clinics in the next six weeks...Full story
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Two Partnered Oncology Programs to Initiate Clinical Trials
From Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc — 5/22/2013
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the clinical advancement of three programs in development. The first program is a wholly-owned topical ophthalmi...Full story
SalutarisMD Presents Data for Wet AMD Treatment with Long Te...
From SalutarisMD — 5/22/2013
At The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress, results were presented from a cohort study evaluating the use of a minimally invasive retrob...Full story
Blind People May Be Able To Locate Their 'Inner Bat'
From Medical News Today — 5/22/2013
New research from the University of Southampton has shown that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to t...Full story
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Ten Years Later, Intacs a Proven Alternative to Corneal Tran...
From www.KeratoconusInserts.com — 5/21/2013
Keratoconus is a non-inflammatory disease of the eye characterized by progressive corneal steepening often resulting in vision loss. In 2003, Dr....Full story
New Study Pinpoints Biochemical Mechanism Underlying Fibrosi...
From Medical News Today — 5/21/2013
The most common cause of failure after glaucoma surgery is scarring at the surgical site, so researchers are actively looking for ways to minimize or ...Full story
ICD-10: CMS Releases 'Myths and Facts'
From Medscape Ophthalmology — 5/21/2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) has once again risen in defense of its much-maligned ICD-10 diagnostic codes by issuing a revis...Full story
Monday, May 20, 2013
Tearscience Solution Now Available to Vision Source Members
From TearScience Inc. — 5/20/2013
TearScience announced an agreement with Vision Source, a network of private practice optometrists that share knowledge and resources, to make TearScie...Full story
R-Tech Ueno: Start of the Patient Enrollment of a Phase 1/2 ...
From R-Tech Ueno — 5/20/2013
R-Tech Ueno has announced the start of the patient enrollment of the first stage of a phase 1/2 clinical study of recombinant human serum albumin-cont...Full story
VEGF Inhibition Via TGF-B1 Suggested For Glaucoma Surgery
From Medical News Today — 5/20/2013
The most common cause of failure after glaucoma surgery is scarring at the surgical site, so researchers are actively looking for ways to minimize or ...Full story
Vision Scientists Pinpoint How We See Fast-Moving Objects Co...
From Medical News Today — 5/20/2013
How does San Francisco Giants slugger Pablo Sandoval swat a 95 mph fastball, or tennis icon Venus Williams see the oncoming ball, let alone return her...Full story
Eye May Be Key to More Accurate ADHD Diagnosis
From Medscape Ophthalmology — 5/20/2013
Examining the retina may aid in the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research suggests. A small study by investigator...Full story
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