According to data from Medscape, Chicago has the highest average salary for a large U.S. city for early-career ophthalmologists. 

Advantage Healthcare Consulting partnered with NuParadigm to support ophthalmology ASCs and practices.

Administrative services provider ReFocus Eye Health has partnered with Connecticut-based Greenwich Ophthalmology Associates. 

Ophthalmic medical device company Iantrek has closed a $23 million series B funding round. 

Invirsa has submitted an investigational new drug application to the FDA for INV-102, a medication intended to treat ocular conditions and dry eye caused by DNA damage. 

Garden City, N.Y.-based OCLI Vision added Himakshi Bhatt, OD, to Ophthalmic Consultants of Connecticut.

Horizon Pharmaceuticals has been sued by a man in Arizona for allegedly failing to inform regulators that its thyroid eye diseases medication, Tepezza, can cause permanent ear ringing and hearing loss, according to an Aug. 25 report from Law360. 

Since 2010, 504,000 clinical trials have started in the U.S., according to a report from Definitive Healthcare. 

Here are the top five ophthalmologists in the U.S. in 2022, according to a survey of more than 10,000 ophthalmologists conducted by Newsweek.

From New York to California, 175 optometrist and ophthalmologists have been named the best eye doctors in America for 2022 by Newsweek. 

Leon Rafailov, MD, an oculoplastic surgeon at SightMD who specializes in minimally invasive procedures, has become one of the first physicians in Long Island (N.Y.) to perform a corneal neurotization. 

The drug market is not impervious to worldwide supply chain issues, and ophthalmologists are experiencing drug shortages like most other physicians this year. 

New Providence, N.J.-based Prism Vision Group, a vertically integrated eye care services organization, has added Seidenberg Protzko Eye Associates to its platform.

Multi-practice ophthalmology group OCLI Vision has acquired New York City- based NY Vision Group, according to an Aug. 23 press release. 

Eye care products maker Alcon has agreed to acquire Aerie Pharmaceuticals for $15.25 per share, a valuation of $770 million. 

The American Society of Retina Specialists has voiced its opposition to a bill under consideration in the California Senate that would allow optometrists to perform surgical procedures on the eye, including procedures that require the use of a scalpel, injection or lasers.

While some physician specialists struggled with declining pay in 2022, ophthalmologists saw an average salary of $417,000 in 2022, up from $379,000 a year ago. 

Albert Wu, MD, PhD, has joined Turn Biotechnologies, a cell rejuvenation company, to oversee development of ophthalmic therapeutic products. 

U.S. News & World Report released its latest list of the best hospitals for ophthalmology, plus seven more ophthalmology updates Becker's has reported on in the last 30 days:

Visibly has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the world's first at-home vision testing platform, according to an Aug. 16 press release.