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Date: Feb 22, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Postcataract surgery endophthalmitis rates in the U.S. declined slightly between 2003 and 2004, but there is still room for improvement, according to a report online January 31 in Ophthalmology.
Date: Feb 22, 2012
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Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports
| Source: Ophthalmology Times eReport
Since its November commercial launch, use of aflibercept (Eylea, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) has elicited reports of post-injection sterile intraocular inflammation at a rate of 0.05% per injection, the company informed the FDA in a Feb. 13 letter. Most of the cases, however, appear to be tied to one group practice.
Date: Feb 22, 2012
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Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports
| Source: Ophthalmology Times eReport
Does marketing one bottle of anti-inflammatory ophthalmic product for use in both eyes for post-surgical indications have an effect on the potential risk for infection? The FDA’s Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee will address this issue when it meets Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Washington DC – Silver Spring, 8727 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD.
Date: Feb 22, 2012
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Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports
| Source: Ophthalmology Times eReport
Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. has appointed Scott M. Whitcup, MD, to its board of directors.
Date: Feb 22, 2012
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Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports
| Source: Ophthalmology Times eReport
Robert C. Welsh, MD, believed to be the first U.S. surgeon to limit his practice to cataract surgery, died Jan. 8. He was 89.
Date: Feb 22, 2012
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Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports
| Source: Ophthalmology Times eReport
J. Craig Venter, PhD, founder and chief executive officer of Synthetic Genomics Inc., will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Date: Feb 22, 2012
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Liz Meszaros
| Source: Ophthalmology Times eReport
The promise and advantages offered by a newly developed, irradiated sterile cornea (VisionGraft, Tissue Banks International) for performing lamellar and other non-endothelial surgical procedures are great, according to Yassine J. Daoud, MD.
Date: Feb 22, 2012
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Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports
| Source: Ophthalmology Times eReport
The American Board of Opticianry review course will be provided at the annual meeting of the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators.
Date: Feb 22, 2012
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Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports
| Source: Ophthalmology Times eReport
The Museum of Vision, a public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, marked Presidents’ Day by presenting a look at the vision problems of U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson.
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