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The 2018 RANZCO New Zealand Branch Annual Scientific Meeting, with the associated New Zealand ophthalmic nurses and orthoptics meetings, will be held at the Hilton hotel in downtown Auckland from the 11-12 May, 2018.
Ozurdex, a long-acting intravitreal steroid, delivered via a sustained-release ocular implant is now available and funded for New Zealand adult diabetic macular oedema (DMO) patients, which is welcome news, say Kiwi retina specialists.
Ophthalmology New Zealand (ONZ) has launched a new website as part of its transformation to a more commercial and thus professional umbrella body to better service New Zealand’s ophthalmologists.
J&J Vision (formerly AMO) has appointed Camille Furnandiz as a specialist sales representative for New Zealand, effectively doubling New Zealand’s on the ground surgical sales team.
A new study¹ by the Centre for Public Health at the Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has shown that multicolour imaging has a higher sensitivity for detecting early age-related macular degeneration (AMD) compared to colour fundus photography (CFP).
Following a bit of a backlash from some Kiwi ophthalmologists, aflibercept is back on the government’s Pharmaceutical Management Agency’s (Pharmac’s) funding agenda and has been recommended as the second line anti-VEGF treatment, replacing ranibizumab.
New Zealand medical retina specialist and well-known macular degeneration awareness champion, Dr Dianne Sharp, was awarded the RANZCO Distinguished Service Award at the 49th Congress for her services to ophthalmology and the community.
Eye Institute (EI) celebrated a big milestone in October for founding ophthalmologist Dr Peter Ring, who has helped 46,000 patients, and is still going strong. Dr Ring co-founded EI with Drs Dr Bruce Hadden and Anthony Morris in 1995, was instrumental in bringing intraocular lenses into New Zealand
The University of Auckland graduating optometry class of 2007 celebrated 10 years with a dinner at Meredith’s restaurant in Mount Eden, Auckland in November. Fourteen optometrists enjoyed a three-course meal with the bill for the food kindly donated by Meredith’s to Volunteer Ophthalmic Services Ove
Erin Jackson and Jonathan Payne have joined the Auckland-based central support team at OPSM NZ as Human Resources (HR) and professional services manager, respectively.
The Optical Distributors & Manufacturers Association of Australia’s (ODMA’s) boutique optical fair, O-Show, returns to Melbourne from 14-15 July 2018.
NovaTears, a new treatment for evaporative dry eye disease (DED) has been launched in New Zealand and Australia.
