Topcon Healthcare has signed a definitive agreement to acquire New Zealand-founded AI health-technology company Toku Eyes, now based in San Diego. The acquisition is part of the integration of Toku’s
In a bid to strengthen the pharmacy workforce and remove “unnecessary” regulation, parliament has passed a bill that will scrap one of three pharmacy ownership rules, allowing prescribers to become pharmacy owners.
Corneal Lens Corporation (CLC) is bringing the benefits of time-tested silk proteins in eye-drop form with the launch of Evolve Silk, a preservative-free drop designed to repair the corneal epithelium.
A Canterbury man with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) permanently lost sight in his right eye after a delayed follow-up for anti-VEGF injections, according to a Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) decision. The delay followed the patient, previously stabilised on aflibercept
The Eye Health National Clinical Network is advancing work on a nationally consistent model for optometry-led postoperative care following cataract surgery, with Health New Zealand (HNZ) asking it to push ahead with work on procurement and funding models.
US researchers identified two naturally occurring molecules, agmatine and thiamine (vitamin B1), which may serve as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Writi
A Taiwanese study of a novel wearable augmented reality (AR) system delivering standardised oculomotor stimuli with real-time eye tracking demonstrated feasibility with portable vestibular assessment
A Chinese study exploring the effect of magnetic auricular acupuncture (MAA) in reducing the pain experienced by newborns during ophthalmic examinations found it is potentially safe and effective.
Pharmac confirmed it will fund the anti-VEGF treatment Vabysmo (faricimab) for neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular oedema in both public and private care.
Chinese surgeons have performed the world’s first remote robotic subretinal injection, 4,200km away from the patient.
More than 200 internationally qualified GPs, psychiatrists and anaesthetists – including several trained in New Zealand – have joined the Australian workforce under a new expedited specialist registration pathway introduced in late 2024, according to the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) and the Aust
The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has announced the winners of its annual World Sight Day Photo Competition, marking a decade of storytelling through images that celebrate the power of vision.