News & Updates

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 01-15 May 2023 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Switching from other anti-VEGF* agents to brolucizumab only helps improve visual acuity and reduces disease activity in patients with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (nAMD)

Diabetic macular oedema (DME) patients with visual acuity (VA) of 20/50 or worse are likely to experience superior clinically relevant VA outcomes at 1 year and over 2 years using aflibercept vs bevacizumab or ranibizumab, according to an analysis of Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research (DRCR) Network’s Protocol T data presented at the 38^th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO 2023) Congress.

The use of repeated low-level red-light intervention helps prevent myopia in children with premyopia, as reported in a study.

A new smartphone-based application, dubbed the Smart Vision Check (SVC), demonstrates its use in self-monitoring near functional visual acuity (NFVA) in a relatively healthy population, reports a study. The SVC has high reproducibility and can assess NFVA-related parameters similar to conventional tests.

Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have conducted the world’s first study to show that nightly use of low-concentration (0.05 percent) atropine eye drops may reduce the incidence of myopia in high-risk children.