Biocon Biologics’ retinal disorder medication Yesafili gets public funding in Canada

Yesafili, available in vial and prefilled syringe presentations (2 mg/0.05 mL), was the first biosimilar to Eylea approved by Health Canada

Alcon India launches Unity VCS/CS for vitreoretinal and cataract surgery

Breakthrough UNITY 4D Phaco delivers up to 2X faster nucleus removal and 41% less energy into the eye

European Commission approves Roche’s Vabysmo for treatment of retinal vein occlusion

Approval is based on data from two Phase III studies in branch and central retinal vein occlusion (RVO) showing early and sustained vision improvements non-inferior to aflibercept

Artificial retinal device mimics human optical illusions: WPI-MANA

The team built a multiple ionic device system, each of which had a lithium cobalt oxide channel arranged on a common lithium phosphorus oxynitride electrolyte

Kato wins USFDA approval for studies in retinal disorder

Resolv ER may remedy leading causes of blindness in adults

Lupin acquires VISUfarma to strengthen specialty ophthalmology portfolio

Galimedix completes phase 1 study with oral small molecule GAL-101

The study further confirmed that GAL-101 effectively crosses the blood-brain barrier

iRegene Therapeutics secures series B+ financing

NouvNeu001 is the world’s first allogeneic iPSC-derived cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease to receive this designation

AAVantgarde Bio receives FDA fast track designation for AAVB-039 in stargardt disease

The therapy delivers the full-length ABCA4 protein and has the potential to benefit all patients with ABCA4 mutations

Lupin partners with Sadoz to commercialise Ranibizumab biosimilar

Ranibizumab is a recombinant humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody fragment that binds to and inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor A