Alcon's Brytly eye drops received FDA approval for OTC temporary relief of minor ocular redness.
|Articles|August 4, 2020
Why comanagement matters
Author(s)Eric Donnenfeld, MD
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Eric Donnenfeld, MD, highlights his talk from Twin Cities Ocular Surface Disease Symposium on the importance of optometry and ophthalmology working together to improve patient care, particularly with dry eye disease.
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