Alpharetta, Ga.-based ophthalmology startup Clearside Biomedical announced it has raised $7.9 million in capital and may raise more than another half million to run clinical trials of its microneedle ocular injection treatments for retinal diseases.
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Yingbin Fu, MD, is one of 10 winners of the National Eye Institute nationwide Audacious Goals Challenge, part of a government-wide effort to seek the top ideas in vision and science, according to a Desert News report.
Memphis, Tenn.-based ophthalmology group Toyos Clinic announced it will acquire the assets of Ophthalmology Management Group – Nashville, according to a report by the Memphis Business Journal.
Optician Joe Layton has joined the staff of Coastal Bend Eye Center & Ambulatory Surgical Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, according to a report by the Caller Times.
Plattsburgh, N.Y-based ophthalmology group Eye Care for the Adirondacks has finished a two-year, $500,000 upgrade to its electronic health record system, according to a report by the Press-Republican.
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The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, called a "bionic eye" by some, has become the first FDA-approved implanted device to improve vision loss due to advanced retinitis pigmentosa.
Geisinger-Shamokin (Pa.) Area Community Hospital has begun construction on a new 4,000-foot, $1.2 million ophthalmology clinic at the Geisinger Specialty Care–Shamokin facility on the hospital's grounds.
Global eye drug and device company Bausch + Lomb announced its Victus femtosecond laser has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to create arcuate incisions in the cornea.
The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at the UC Irvine Health system has received a $3 million research grant for age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa, according to a news release.
The National Eye Institute recognized 10 ophthalmologists and eye specialists in its Audacious Goals Challenge, awarding winning one-page proposals to advance eye research and medicine with $3,000 and an opportunity to present their ideas at a conference hosted in Washington,…