Colorado University School of Medicine in Aurora has created the Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Endowed Chair in Retinal Diseases in honor of a $2 million donation, according to a Denver Journal report.
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Aerie Pharmaceuticals has named David Epstein, MD, a board-certified ophthalmologist, as chairman of the company's scientific advisory board.
The LENSAR Laser System, designed to help surgeons perform precise corneal and arcuate incisions during refractive cataract surgery, has earned FDA 510(k) clearance.
InSite Vision has earned $15 million for future royalties of Besivance, its pink-eye antibacterial eye drop, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.
Medifirst Solutions, a New Jersey and Florida-based distributor of healthcare products and services, has announced the addition of Kenneth R. Pearlberg, MD, to its advisory board.
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Devers Eye Institute in Portland, Ore., offers its patients corneal crosslinking, a treatment designed to slow post-LASIK ectasia and keratoconus, according to The Lund Report.
IRIDEX, a Mountain View, Calif.-based ophthalmology device company, has announced a partnership with New Britain, Pa.-based Peregrine Surgical to expand its ophthalmology product portfolio.
MacuLogix, an ophthalmic diagnostics company based in Hummelstown, Pa., has announced it is aiming to raise $5 million in Series B funding, according to a DOWJONES report.
Steven Feldon, MD, the director of University of Rochester Medical Center Flaum Eye Institute, has been named president of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology.
Eye Excellence's Mary Green, MD, a board-certified ophthalmologist, has been received the 2012 Sightpath Top Surgeon award.