Matthews expands in the South Island
Matthews Eyewear Eyecare has acquired Fiordland Eyecare, with Fiordland’s Te Anau and Invercargill clinics continuing to trade as Southland Eyecare.
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Optometry Australia CEO confirmed
Skye Cappuccio, interim CEO at Optometry Australia (OA) since October 2022, has been confirmed as permanent CEO. With a strong background in advocacy and policy and with more than 10 years with OA,
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Crichton new IOA president
Long-time International Opticians’ Association (IOA) president Fiona Anderson handed over the presidency baton at the inaugural Silmo Singapore event to Auckland-based Donald Crichton, a fellow of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians and former president of the Association of Dispensing O
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ODMA’s change at the top
Former acting CEO Amanda Trotman is the new CEO for the Optical Distributors and Manufacturers Association (ODMA).
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AI effective in ROP screening
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool was found to be as effective as senior paediatric ophthalmologists in discriminating normal retinal images from those with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP),
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‘New class’ of stress-resilience drugs
A new class of therapeutics which activate intrinsic biological stress-resilience mechanisms could be used to treat age-related and inherited retinal diseases, said US researchers.
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Gene-silencing trial targets AMD
OliX Pharmaceuticals has treated the first patients in its phase 1 clinical trial evaluating OLX10212, an investigational RNA interference-based gene-silencing (siRNA) therapeutic for the treatment of
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New DED treatment regime on the horizon?
Miebo, a single-ingredient tear stabiliser from Bausch + Lomb and Novaliq, has been given the green light by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), offering a new treatment for dry eye disease
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Autumn leaves and learning
The ever-popular Eye Doctors’ April Grand Round offered plenty of learning and a welcome opportunity to catch up with colleagues. Hosted at the Remuera Golf Club, guests were treated to insights into a variety of eye conditions while enjoying a two-course dinner.
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Optometry fee survey
A new survey is seeking to recommend charge-out rates based on operating expenses for New Zealand optometry practices.
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Lip-reading frames
US doctoral student Ruidong Zhang has developed spectacle frames capable of reading lip and mouth movements to infer speech, providing a hands- and eyes-free input method for a variety of applications.
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Retinal research and uveal melanoma
Dr Riyaz Bhikoo reviews the latest in retinal research and uveal melanoma
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