TearScience, a medical device company based in Morrisville, N.C., has received up to $70 million from HealthCare Royalty Partners in order to market the TearScience system for people suffering from dry eye conditions.
Ophthalmology
David Ewing-Chow, MD, of Watertown, N.Y. and his partner Gregory N. Joy, MD, dissolved their Jefferson Eye Surgeons and Creative Optical Practice. Dr. Ewing-Chow will open his new solo practice on March 25.
AJL Ophthalmic, a Spain-based manufacturing company, in conjunction with Spain-based technology center IK4-CIDETEC has created a porous polythene material designed to aid in the reconstruction of the human eye, according to a Basque Research report.
OptiMedica's Catalys Precision Laser System, technology for performing cataract surgery, has earned a patent from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, according to a Fort Mills Times report.
The Geisinger Specialty Care-Shamokin, Pa. building is working on a 4,000-square-foot expansion that will house an increased staff that will include a glaucoma specialist, a retina specialist, an ophthalmological photographer, two registered nurses, a receptionist and a technician, according to…
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David A. Ewing-Chow, MD, will open the doors to his new solo practice in Watertown, N.Y., in the same location of the dissolved Jefferson Eye Surgeons and Creative Optical practice, according to a Watertown Daily Times report.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology has named Brandon Busbee, MD, the secretariat of state affairs for Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia and Rebecca J. Taylor, MD, the communications committee chairwoman, according to a Nashville Ledger report.
Seaborn Hunt, III, MD, is the first ophthalmologist in Ocala, Fla. to offer his patients procedures done using the technology of the Alcon LenSx Femtosecond Laser.
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Mass., will acquire Essex VitreoRetinal Services in Beverly, Mass., upon the retirement of William Stinson, MD, founder of EVRS, according to a Boston report.
After a 10 year legal struggle, the Supreme Court finally turned down the Lenscrafters, Eye Care Centers of America and the National Association of Optometrists & Opticians case to dispute California laws barring optician shops that offer both prescription lenses…