Associate Professor Jennifer Craig, head of the Ocular Surface Laboratory at the University of Auckland, has been named as the new chair of the highly anticipated next Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) Workshop.
Alcon launched their new Vivity intraocular lens (IOL) to New Zealand ophthalmologists in a virtual event on 24 September. There has been a lot of excitement about Vivity as early studies indicated it offers the benefits of multifocality without the side effects of a diffractive multifocal lens.
Macular Degeneration New Zealand (MDNZ) has appointed Anna Crane as its new general manager, replacing long-serving, well-known MDNZ stalwart Phillippa Pitcher who’s retiring.
Perth-based Lions Eye Institute (LEI) and PYC Therapeutics’ experimental drug for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is now scheduled for human clinical trials in 2021. The novel drug CPP-ASOs
Glaukos has unveiled its next generation trabecular micro-bypass technology, the iStent inject W, the latest evolution of Glaukos’ microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) device. Designed to treat primary open-angle glaucoma by creating a bypass through the trabecular meshwork, it provides a direct ch
As a departing gesture, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists’ (RANZCO’s) first female president, Associate Professor Heather Mack, launched the Heather G Mack Scholarship for Women.
Award-winning medical technology social enterprise oDocs has launched its new and improved smartphone-based retinal imaging adapter, VisoScope 2.0, designed for retinal examination and photo documentation.
History was made on the 23 June with the inaugural eye clinic held at Te Puia Springs Hospital on the East Coast.
Long-standing, UK-based intraocular lens (IOL) designer and manufacturer Rayner has unveiled its latest monovision IOL evolution, the RayOne EMV, designed in collaboration with Professor Graham Barrett, president of the Australasian Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons.
A picture of Hooker Lake in Canterbury has won New Zealand’s most beautiful view in the Macular Degeneration New Zealand (MDNZ) competition designed to raise awareness about eye health among the general public.
Melbourne’s Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital has partnered with the World Association of Eye Hospitals (WAEH) and other leading eye care institutions, including the UK’s Moorfields Eye Hospital
After a long absence of live events, the ophthalmic industry has welcomed the news that the 2020 Save Sight Society symposium is on.
