Study Group: Vitreoretinal Surgeons in Private Practice (US)(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 72
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
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Abdhish Bhavsar, MD
Abdhish Bhavsar, MD, is a Retina Surgeon, Ophthalmologist and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. He is the Past Chair of Ophthalmology at Phillips Eye Institute with research interests in macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, endophthalmitis, and retinal...
Ophthalmologist
Pacific Eye Associates
Anne Fung, MD, is an Ophthalmologist specializing in Medical Retina at California Pacific Medical Center and Pacific Eye Associates in San Francisco. She has expertise in macular degeneration and has worked primarily with medical therapies for neovascular macular degeneration including Lucentis and...
Bailey Freund, MDClinical Associate Professor
New York University Medical Center
K. Bailey Freund, MD, is an Ophthalmologist in private practice at Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the New York University School of Medicine and an Attending Surgeon at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Dr. Freund specializes in treatment...
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| Study Group Name | Members |
|---|---|
| Ophthalmologists | 1536 |
| Vitreoretinal Surgeons (US) | 164 |
| Ophthalmologists (US) | 1070 |
| Ophthalmologists who Treat Macular Degeneration (US) | 169 |
| Physicians who Treat Uveitis (US) | 38 |
| Physicians who Treat Dry Eye (US) | 127 |
| Ophthalmologists who Treat Retinitis Pigmentosa | 14 |
GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)
The market for eye drops for the treatment of open angle glaucoma is huge. Profit potential for pharmaceutical companies, however, is limited by the time period that they are afforded patent protection. Combigan, the just approved brimonidine/timolol combination therapy, affords Allergan new patent...
Alacrity Biosciences has completed a Phase 2 clinical trial of ALTY-1501, an eye drop for the treatment of dry eye. Dry eye (or keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) affects more than 10% of the US population and its incidence is increasing as baby boomers become senior citizens. Although the small...
Genentech has had first year revenues of $800 million from its drug Lucentis, which is used intravitreaaly to treat macular degeneration on label and some other conditions off label. Although this amount of sales places Lucentis well within the blockbuster...
The new Medicare regulations are not based in science as there is no proven clear cut medical way to eliminate the incidence of these "so-called" medical errors. It would be a dream to believe that some intervention today can eliminate the occurrence of infections in hospitals or patient falls. ...
The FDA has just approved a "bifocal LASIK" technique from Advanced Medical Optics using their CustomVue Excimer laser platform. It has been approved as " a new device". In actuality, it is neither a new device nor does it provide bifocal vision.
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