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Scott Schachter, OD, features a guest in his latest blog: Peter Pham, MD, founder and CEO of Zocular. Dr. Pham shares how a need to find a treatment for his own dry eyes prompted him to launch Zocular, their best-selling products and the effect on treating demodex, as well as what's next in the eyecare pipeline for the company. 

Dr. Schachter has no financial interest in Zocular.

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