An ophthalmological surgeon at Trillium Health Partners Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario in Canada performed the country's first complex cataract using the TrueVision 3D Surgical System.
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Abbott has announced it will purchase the ophthalmic device company OptiMedica, based in Silicon Valley, Calif., for $250 million plus up to $150 million after completion of specific development or sales milestones.
Alameda, Calif.-based InSite Vision completed dual ophthalmic agents used in blepharitis Phase 3 clinical trial for two treatments for moderate-to-severe blepharitis.
The N.C. Eye Bank has given $50,000 to Wake Forest Eye Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Salem, N.C., to go toward cornea research and the center's cornea fellowship, according to a Journal Now report.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland have appointed Douglas Rhee, MD, as chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
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The physicians at Laurel Laser & Surgery Center in Duncansville, Pa., removed their 10,000th cataract this month, just six years after the facility began offering cataract removal, according to a report in The Altoona Mirror.
Researchers from the University College of London successfully restored retinal cells in blind mice through a transplant therapy involving light-sensitive photoreceptor cells and embryonic stem cells, according to Nature World News.
Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., opened its $1.4 million ophthalmology clinic last week at the Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital, according to a News-Item report.
Menlo Park, Calif.-based Versant Ventures has hired James Mazzo, former chief executive of Advanced Medical Optics, as an operating partner.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Florida was ranked No. 1 for ophthalmology by US News & World Report.