Topic: ocular diseases

EyeGate’s anterior uveitis drug, delivered via a low-level electric current, did not perform as well as steroid eyedrops and failed a phase 3 trial.

The amended agreement gives Editas until the end of September to exercise its option on the first of five ocular indications covered by the contract.

Eric Carlson, Ph.D., has become the latest in a string of former Alcon employees to land at the smaller eye disease specialist.

Doctors can use the software and accompanying optical coherence tomography device to automatically assess the thickness of the epithelia and stroma.

Kala Pharmaceuticals has filed to list on Nasdaq to equip itself to file for approvals of corticosteroid nanosuspension KPI-121 in two indications.

Ocugen has raised $7.5 million in a series B round as it fixes its sights on advancing a trio of eye disease treatments into clinical trials.

Editas Medicine has delayed the target date for filing an IND for its lead Allergan-partnered CRISPR program.

Avedro has raised $42 million to further commercialization and development of its corneal collagen cross-linking technology.