- Category: Business
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Leadership watch: OKYO, Orbis, and BVI Medical name new CEOs
Leadership changes are underway in the eyecare space—and we’ve got the latest.
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Newton names ABB Labs as strategic lab partner
Collaboration leverages the largest independent optical laboratory network in the U.S. to bring Neurolens and Sequel lens technologies to more practices.
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Topcon and RemoniHealth to advance AI-based chronic eye disease monitoring
New partnership will integrate remote at-home vision testing with Topcon’s connected care model to support ongoing Healthcare from the Eye initiative.
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Nanodropper now operating as Mu Medical, a precision eyecare platform
Developer of the volume-reducing eye drop bottle adaptor consolidates with Bedo Solutions and Viseon Labs into a commercial-stage medtech ecosystem.
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STAAR Surgical and Alcon terminate proposed merger
Decision to end the estimated $1.6 billion deal follows a failed vote among STAAR stockholders earlier this week.Business
Alcon proposes higher bid for STAAR Surgical acquisition
Amended merger agreement increases total equity value of deal by $150 million; meanwhile, a major shareholder is urging against the sale.
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Leadership watch: Prevent Blindness, SightGlass, and Meibum Scientific share updates
Industry changes are underway in the eyecare space—and we’ve got the latest.
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Bausch + Lomb and Ripple Therapeutics partner to develop sustained-release implants
Collaboration involves the Epidel prodrug platform, which engineers polymer-free drugs with customized, repeat doses and durations for ophthalmic diseases.
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Harrow officially acquires Melt Pharmaceuticals
Purchase includes portfolio non-IV, opioid-free tablets—including MELT-300, under clinical evaluation for procedural sedation during cataract surgery.
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TearOptix secures funding for presbyopia MF lens tech
Company is developing a tear-and-blink-responsive contact lens technology utilizing tear film dynamics to work with the eye’s natural physiology.
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iOR Partners launches MD-OD surgery partnership model
First-of-its-kind collaboration is designed to create a streamlined continuum of care for all patients, pivoting to a primarily cash-based system.
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Leadership watch: New appointments at EOE, OWL, and EyeCool
Leadership changes are underway in the eyecare space—and we’ve got the latest.
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Newton acquires Founders Optical Lab
Independent optical lab offers ECPs a curated selection of lens designs manufactured in-house from top brands such as Sequel, Neurolens, and others.
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Eyes On Eyecare accelerates growth with new leadership appointment
Leading eyecare digital media and education platform welcomes Rachel Krug as vice president of Sales.
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LambdaVision raises $7M to advance space-based artificial retina
Biotech is using space and microgravity to produce its protein-based artificial retina, designed to restore vision in retinal degenerative diseased patients.
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AOAExcel endorses VisionHQ's in-office patient membership plans
Platform offers optometric practices in-house, customizable membership and subscription plans in lieu of traditional vision insurance for patients.
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DefEYE and Celularity partner to advance ophthalmic biologics portfolios
Collaboration features a multi-million dollar investment in DefEYE as well as an exclusive sublicense of Celularity’s BIOVANCE amnion-derived ocular allografts.
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Smartlens raises $5.2 million to advance miLens FDA clearance and launch
Financing to support the ongoing advancement and FDA clearance process of the miLens, an electronics-free contact lens technology.
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Lilly to purchase Adverum Biotechnologies
With a Q4 closing date in mind, acquisition supports ongoing clinical trials and development activities for Ixo-vec, a one-time IVT gene therapy injection to treat wet AMD.
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