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Optometrists Play Important Role in Cancer Treatment

February 23, 2024 New developments in cancer therapy include treatment with antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), which are a targeted cancer therapy. Platinum-based chemotherapy is the primary treatment for patients with epithelial ovarian, fallopian, or primary peritoneal

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Eagerly Anticipated New Dry Eye Product Has More Work To Do

January 23, 2024 Dr. Ben Gaddie wrote back in April about the anticipated FDA approval for Aldeyra’s Reproxalap. The PDUFA date was November 23, 2023, upon which Aldeyra would learn of the final review for

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How Exactly Does the FDA Approval Process Work?

January 3, 2024 Christmas came early for me this year. On December 6, 2023, Dr. Jack Schaeffer called me at work. I tell my friends and family to not call me at work because that

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We Finally Have Therapeutic Options for Treating Geographic Dry AMD!

June 26, 2023 It’s hard to believe that our first therapeutic treatments for macular degeneration, Macugen/Avastin/Lucentis, were approved and hit the market between 2004 and 2006. While a great treatment for a condition for which

Is the Pipeline Finally Open to FDA Approvals in 2023?

Is the Pipeline Finally Open to FDA Approvals in 2023?

April 11, 2023 After a relatively quiet pandemic-era paucity in new ophthalmic FDA approvals, 2023 may be the year that the pipeline first trickles then flows into the clinic. Our industry registered a near strike

Waterless Topical Ophthalmic Medications Are Here!

Waterless Topical Ophthalmic Medications Are Here!

April 11, 2023 Don’t all eye drops contain water? Until recently, that wasn’t even a question when considering the makeup of clinical topical preparations. Novaliq, a German company, has been quietly changing the very constructs

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