From dry eye to GLP-1s, this year's conference brought a variety of insights from key experts in optometry.
|Videos|June 4, 2021
Pipeline: Presbyopia treatment to finish Phase 3 late 2021
Orasis Pharmaceuticals drop in development for treating presbyopia
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Orasis Pharmaceuticals CEO Elad Kedar says the company is looking to achieve a balance of safety, efficacy, and comfort with its drop in development for treating presbyopia. He says Phase 3 studies should finish at the end of 2021.
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Walline, American Academy of Optometry president, shares this year's conference attendance numbers, clinical pearls, and what he hopes to see in 2027.
Thomas Wong, OD, FAAO, details a session he presented alongside Ronald Gentile, MD, FACS, FASRS, at AAOpt 2026.
Kevin Chan, OD, MS, discusses an AAOpt 2026 symposium on individualized low-dose atropine dosing for myopia and the FDA outlook ahead of the SYD-101 advisory meeting.
Raman Bhakhri, OD, FAAO, alongside Xiao Yu, OD, FAAO, discussed emerging investigational therapies for the disease during their AAOpt 2026 session.
Jamie Kuzniar, OD, FAAO, FSLS, discusses a case-based AAOpt 2026 session on scleral lens complications, fitting around cross-linking, and advice for new graduates.
Kwaku Osei, OD, PhD, FAAO, discussed patient-reported outcomes with a senofilcon C (Johnson & Johnson; Acuvue Vita), reusable lens, with the majority of wearers rating comfort, vision, and handling favorably.
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