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Pixium Vision, Second Sight Medical set to combine

Jan. 6, 2021
By Liz Hollis
Pixium Vision SA and Second Sight Medical Products Inc. have inked a definitive agreement through which the former will become the controlling shareholder of the newly combined company. The transaction also will result in the creation of a new entity that will focus on cortical stimulation through Orion. Second Sight is developing that product, which bypasses the diseased eye and could provide a new form of vision.
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Heru registers AI vision test with FDA, begins commercialization pilot

Dec. 28, 2020
By Mary Ellen Schneider
Heru Inc., a medical technology company using artificial intelligence (AI) to advance vision diagnostics and augmentation, has completed class I device registration with the U.S. FDA for its cloud-based diagnostic application for visual field exams. Heru’s software works with commercially available augmented reality or virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets to provide a subjective visual field exam, with results immediately available to clinicians through a web portal.
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Novai’s test gives early warning of onset of wet AMD

Dec. 22, 2020
By Nuala Moran
LONDON – Researchers at University College London (UCL) have devised a new eye test they say can predict the likelihood of developing wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) up to three years before overt symptoms develop. The prognostic test involves injecting a fluorescent dye, via the arm, to tag stressed endothelial cells in the retina.
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Tilak partners with Novartis to expand its digital solution for vision monitoring

Dec. 21, 2020
By Bernard Banga
PARIS – Tilak Healthcare SAS is signing an ophthalmology partnership agreement with Novartis AG from Basel, Switzerland, to expand international distribution of its vision monitoring technology, Odysight.
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Eyenovia begins late-stage trial for age-related vision condition

Dec. 18, 2020
By Mary Ellen Schneider
Eyenovia Inc., a clinical-stage ophthalmic biopharmaceutical firm, has launched a phase III trial of its on-demand treatment for presbyopia, an age-related worsening in near vision. The treatment, called Microline, is a proprietary formulation of pilocarpine delivered via a microdosing dispenser.
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Retinai partners with Novartis for use of AI in ophthalmology trials

Dec. 8, 2020
By Nuala Moran
LONDON – Retinai Medicine AG reported a three-year master agreement with Novartis AG to apply its artificial intelligence (AI) tools in ophthalmology clinical trials. The first project will look at how machine learning can be used to speed up and improve the interpretation of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Coopercompanies bests consensus with $682M in Q4 sales

Dec. 4, 2020
By Meg Bryant
The Cooper Companies Inc. (Coopercompanies) again beat analyst estimates, posting fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $682 million – down 3% from the same period the prior year, but ahead of the Street’s forecast of $676 million. Earnings per share (EPS) also topped consensus, at $3.16 vs. $3.09. The company attributed the better-than-expected performance to encouraging recovery trends in both its contact lens and surgical businesses.
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Istar Medical highlights positive one-year Miniject results

Nov. 18, 2020
By Liz Hollis
Istar Medical SA, which is focused on minimally invasive ophthalmic implants for the treatment of glaucoma patients, revealed positive one-year results from the European STAR-II clinical trial of its micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) device, Miniject.
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Esight launches wearable smart assistive device for the visually impaired in Europe

Nov. 16, 2020
By Bernard Banga
PARIS – Esight Corp. is starting distribution of its newest low-vision assistive technology in France, Germany and the U.K. The latest version of the technology, the Esight 4, was designed to be more versatile and mobile than before, has double the display brightness and has improved the auto-focus function, according to the company.
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Visibility PMA goes down in 15-1 vote at FDA advisory hearing

Nov. 11, 2020
By Mark McCarty
Some PMA filings manage to scrape by at U.S. FDA advisory hearings, but the application for the Visability device by Refocus Group Inc. was not one of those. The panel voted 15-1 that the benefits of the device for presbyopia did not outweigh the risks, leaving the sponsor with a fundamental question about the viability of a technology that has been under development for more than 20 years.
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