Ophthalmology

OASIS Medical, a surgical instruments, punctual occlusion devices and ocular solutions manufacturing and distribution company, has entered into a joint venture with Shape Ophthalmics to develop and distribute a shape memory plug for the treatment of dry eye.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals, based in Laval, Quebec, has announced plans to sell $1.75 billion in stock to support its acquisition of Bausch + Lomb, according to a PharmaLive report.

EyeCRO, an Oklahoma City, Okla.-based research company focusing on ophthalmic disease, has partnered with Calvert Labs, a Cary, N.C.-based medical device and pharmaceuticals discovery and development company, to perform preclinical studies of treatments for ophthalmic diseases, according to an Outsourcing-pharma.com…

ForSight VISION5, a clinical development stage company, has named John F. Maroney its chief executive officer, president and director.

Paul Winslow III, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist, has joined the New Vision Retina Center in Vero Beach, Fla., according to a TCPALM report.

Here are 16 statistics on ophthalmologist burnout, according to Ophthalmologist Lifestyles – Linking to Burnout: A Medscape Survey.

The International Association of Healthcare Professionals selected Derek J. Dawson, an ophthalmologist with Vision Salon Eye Care Associates in Blue Island, Ill., to represent their publication, The Leading Physicians of the World.

Piedmont Eye Center in Lynchburg, Va., has selected the SRS electronic health record.

Freedom Meditech has announced that it has appointed Paul Karpecki, DO, FAAO, to its scientific advisory board.

A team of ophthalmology specialists led by Kaiser Permanente San Diego chief of ophthalmology Peter Custis, MD, has begun to offer patients Implantable Miniature Telescopes, according to a Scoop San Diego report.