All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Ophthalmology

- With large hedge funds invovled, B&L management is likely being pressured to accept an all-cash deal. - If SAC is also involved, the pressure on B&L is definitely rising.

Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard had a complex retinal detachment, Orlando Brown of football was nearly blinded by a referee's thrown flag.  Soft contact lens wear is barely compatible with sweaty, dusty contact sports. Some great basketball players wore (& wear) goggles.  Asking boxers to wear...

It seems most likely that the reason that the major ophthalmic houses did not want the Crystalens-Eyeonics company is that the technology has substantial problems.  Unlike the multifocal lenses, in order to give the best possible distance vision, near vision is not...

Biodem (ASX:BDM) is conducting a a Phase I/II trail involving a 10 day course of subcutaneous injection of a peptide in the treatment of diabetic macular edema.  The results of this trial which is being conducted abroad in Russia will be available in November 2007. Although promising...

LX211, calcineurin inhibitor and antiinflammatory drug, was granted Fast Track designation by the FDA.  This move could expedite its approval for the management of non-infectious posterior, intermediate and panuveitis.  In a field where there are few approved treatment modalities, this could...

Rather than getting gobbled up by one of the big three players in Ophthalmology (B & L, Alcon and AMO), eyeonics is looking to go it alone into the public arena.  The crystalens remains the only approved accommodative intraocular lens, but faces strong competition from the multifocals. ...

Similar to Bausch & Lomb's reaction to last year's ReNu with MoistureLoc's recall, AMO's CEO has blamed their consumers' poor contact lens hygiene habits for Complete MoisturePlus' recent problems with Acanthamoebic Keratitis.  Is there any truth to this statement, or is he just...

-diabetes and diabetic retinopathy is on the rise due to an increasing epidemic of obesity -diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in the United States

Many horses become afflicted with a severe form of uveitis that may lead to complete blindness.  Scientists that have studied this disease believe there is a strong autoimmune component that triggers the progression of symptoms.  This clinical condition offers another area where the effectiveness...

Tears of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) may develop during the course of anti-VEGF therapy for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) related pigment epithelial detachment (PED), according to a study published in the June issue of Retina.  A total of 33 cases of RPE tear after treatment with...