Ophthalmology

EyeTechCare, based in Rillieux-la-Pape, France, has received $13 million in funding from private investor Bernard Chauvin, insurer SHAM and Omnes Capital.

Here are 10 statistics on average ophthalmologist compensation based on location, according to the Medscape Ophthalmologist Compensation Report 2012.

The National Eye Institute of NIH has given Boston Micromachines a $1.2 million Phase II Competing Renewal Small Business Innovation Research Grant in order to further the development of the company's Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope.

Andrew Holzman, MD, board certified ophthalmologist, has had his McLean, Va., practice site sanctioned by the FDA as a test site for the cross-linking treatment of kerataconus.

The National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health has given $2 million to fund research on stem cell treatments for vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy, according to a Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute news release.

Paul Jensen, MD, optometric physician, has opened the Northwest Dry Eye Center in Bellevue, Wash., which will be the first Washington clinic to offer TearScience's Lipiflow as an evaporative dry eye treatment.  

Rajesh Khanna, MD, board certified ophthalmologist, has released his book Pi in Eye, which details the corrective vision surgery option Prelex.

Mobius Therapeutics, ophthalmic surgery solutions company based in St. Louis, has announced that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services has given the company Outpatient Prospective Payment System Payment Indicator K2 for the reimbursement of Mitosol.

MacuLogix, a company focused on the detection and following of age-related macular degeneration, has announced that the company has received $3.6 million in Series A funding for its AdaptDx.

Harold Ross, MD, board certified ophthalmologist, has joined The University of Rochester (N.Y) Flaum Eye Institute.