Amjad Hammad, MD, is moving his Saratoga Springs, N.Y., practice, Saratoga Vitreo-Retinal Ophthalmology, to a new, larger location in Malta, N.Y., according to a report by The Saratogian.
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Regeneron, a Tarrytown, N.Y.-based biopharmaceuticals company, has announced it has acquired the rights for two ophthalmological antibody programs from its collaborator Sanofi, Chattanooga, Tenn.-based pharmaceutical company.
Texas Eye and Laser Center in Fort Worth, led by Brian Ranelle, DO, has announced the launch of SmartVision, a tool that provides surgeons with real time analysis of a patient's quality of vision.
Research Triangle Park, N.J.-based biotechnology company Liquidia Technologies has announced plans to form an ophthalmology-focused company in response to recent success with products in the therapeutics area.
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Utah Valley Eye Center in Provo has partnered with the Ouelessebougou Alliance to provide villagers in Mali with eye exams, cataract surgeries and donated eyeglasses.
Rona Silkiss, MD, a board-certified ophthalmologist, has begun to offer oculofacial plastic surgery and consultation services at the North Bay Eye Associates ambulatory surgery center in Santa Rosa, Calif.
La Peer Health Systems, an outpatient surgery center in Beverly Hill, Calif., has announced that it has been joined by Aaron Savar, a board-certified ophthalmologist.
RXi Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology company headquartered in Westborough, Mass., has announced it will present its work on the use of its sd-rxRNAs in retinoblastoma and proliferative vitreoretinopathy therapies at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2013 Annual Meeting.
IRIDEX, Mountain View, Calif.-based laser-based medical systems development company, has announced the recent sale of over $500,000 of its laser systems designed to treat eye conditions to the Brazilian, Russian, Chinese and Indian markets.