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3 days ago | 
healio.com | Nancy Hemphill
Key takeaways: The FDA did not approve the supplemental biologics license application for Eylea HD. The application would have added extended dosing intervals greater than 16 weeks, if approved. Editor’s note: This is a developing news story. Please check back soon for updates. The FDA issued a complete response letter for a supplemental biologics license application, in which it did not approve extending the dosing intervals for Eylea HD, according to a press release from Regeneron.
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3 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Nancy Hemphill |Christine Klimanskis
Key takeaways:The law will allow patients to coordinate vision and medical benefits. It will also bring vision benefit managers under the purview of the insurance department. A new law will ensure fair reimbursement, allow for coordination of benefits and ban unfair audits for optometrists in Arkansas, according to an American Optometric Association press release. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed HB 1353 (Act 142) into law on Feb.
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3 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Nancy Hemphill |Christine Klimanskis
Key takeaways: Patients treated with OptiLift experienced decreased lower lid laxity. Tear breakup time, blink quality, meibomian gland dysfunction, eyelid appearance and Ocular Surface Disease Index score also improved. ORLANDO — Lumenis announced the launch of OptiLift, a dynamic muscle stimulation technology intended to improve lower eyelid laxity, blink quality and eyelid function, at Vision Expo East.
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4 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Nancy Hemphill |Christine Klimanskis
Key takeaways:Ten of the top 20 contact lens-related Google searches were related to purchasing. People searched for contact lens removal instructions twice as much as insertion instructions. ORLANDO — Research conducted by the Contact Lens Institute revealed that individuals searching online for contact lens information most commonly looked for purchasing and lens removal assistance.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Nancy Hemphill |Christine Klimanskis
Key takeaways:Switching to cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion 0.09% significantly improved signs of dry eye disease. Improvements were seen in patients with and without meibomian gland dysfunction. Twice-daily cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion 0.09% significantly improved signs of dry eye disease in patients who were inadequately controlled with cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion 0.05%, according to a study presented at SECO 2025.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Eamon Dreisbach |Nancy Hemphill
Key takeaways: Careful evaluation of imaging is important when deciding who to treat with approved geographic atrophy drugs. Fellow eye status and ellipsoid zone integrity are also key factors. KOLOA, Hawaii — Assessing fellow eye status, age and history of uveitis are helpful ways to determine which patients are most likely to benefit from treatment with FDA-approved drugs for geographic atrophy, according to a speaker. “What I do stress is looking at the lesion growth of prior photographs.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Nancy Hemphill |Kristen Brotherson |Heather Biele
February 28, 2025 6 min watch VIDEO: Alcon highlights latest products, innovations at SECO Add topic to email alerts Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on Contact Lenses/Eye Wear. Subscribe You've successfully added Contact Lenses/Eye Wear to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email AlertsBack to Healio We were unable to process your request. Please try again later.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Nancy Hemphill |Heather Biele
Orasis Pharmaceuticals is announcing the U.S. launch of Qlosi at SECO 2025 in Atlanta. The FDA approved low-dose, preservative-free Qlosi (pilocarpine HCl ophthalmic solution) 0.4% in October 2023 for the treatment of presbyopia in adults. More recently, the company has been focusing on the build-out of the team, Orasis President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Smith told Healio.
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2 months ago | 
healio.com | Nancy Hemphill |Heather Biele
Key takeaways:Eleven percent of frames and spectacle lenses and 40% of contact lenses were purchased online in 2024. Increases were seen in total eye exams and plano sunglasses purchased. ORLANDO — The latest data from The Vision Council’s Market inSights report indicate that the proportion of contact lenses and glasses purchased online vs. in retail locations has been stable, with the majority obtained in person.
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2 months ago | 
healio.com | Nancy Hemphill |Heather Biele
Key takeaways:The WCO CooperVision Myopia Management Navigator is being used primarily in the U.S., U.K., Malaysia, India, Australia and Canada. The app can assist clinicians just starting out in this realm of practice. ORLANDO — One year after its launch, the World Council of Optometry CooperVision Myopia Management Navigator app is being used in more than 100 countries spanning the globe, according to the Americas ambassador for the program.
