SARcode Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical company based in Brisbane, Calif., is being acquired by Shire, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, for a $160 million upfront payment.
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Dell Laser Consultants in Austin, Texas, offer a wide variety of laser treatment services including infrared pupillometer, femotosecond laser, excimer lasers and wavefront technology.
The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore is the first healthcare facility in Maryland to use the Implantable Miniature Telescope as a macular degeneration treatment, according to a Science Daily report.
Investors have given Hemera Biosciences, founded by doctors and faculty members of the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, $3.8 million to fund the development of its macular degeneration gene therapy treatment, according to a report by The Boston…
Michael Manning, MD, of Gulfcoast Eye Care in Tampa Bay, Fla., has announced that he will partner with the Suncoast Eye Clinic in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Quantel Medical, headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand, France, has announced that its Vitra Multispot Laser System has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA.
Aloha Laser Vision in Honolulu has begun offering in-office prescription medication through Eyescripts Dispensing services.
Jennifer Simpson, MD, a board certified ophthalmologist and researcher at the University of California, Irvine, will be honored at the Cystinosis Research Foundation's Natalie's Wish fundraiser.
Carey Rowan, MD, a board certified ophthalmologist, has expanded his Rowan Eye Center practice in New Port Richey, Fla., to include The Eye Shop in Clearwater, Fla.
Alcon, the Fort Worth, Texas-based eye care division of healthcare products company Novartis, has announced that it has received European clearance for JETREA.