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Dr. Regillo discusses the efficacy and durability of faricimab for wet AMD treatment in TENAYA and LUCERNE, showing noninferiority to aflibercept.

Dr. Singh discusses the aging population in ophthalmology care, advances including port delivery systems, and the potential rapid uptake of faricimab in treatment.

A geographical study shows patients in areas with lower income, education, and higher rates of ophthalmic disease may be a greater distance from a trial site.

Dr. Singh discusses results from TENAYA and LUCERNE on faricimab compared to afilbercept in patients with nAMD.

The COLUMBUS-AMD trial suggests the investigative biosimilar could benefit patients newly diagnosed with nAMD.

A cost-based assessment of Protocol W and PANORAMA clinical data suggests diabetic retinopathy may be less costly to prevent than macular edema.

Dr. Sternberg discusses step therapy in wetAMD treatment and his opinions in favor of its use.

Bevacizumab-vikg was associated with statistically significant improvements in patient BCVA scores over a period of 12 months, according to phase 3 findings.

A meta-analysis comparison of dosing regimens for patients with nAMD show little difference in efficacy, but differences in patient involvement in care.

A phase 1 trial of the investigative drug suggests its promise in a novel strategy of managing patients with retinal fluid.

Dr. Lally discusses the effect of avacincaptad pegol treatment on the progression of geographic atrophy and intermediate age-related macular degeneration.

Findings from the phase 2 INFINITY suggest a more dose-dependent influence on safety outcomes in patients receiving sustained benefit for diabetic macular edema.

An update from the PIONEER trial shows the combination gene therapy and medical device strategy is safe and tolerable, while providing cases of improved light perception.

Dr. Haller discusses issues in diversity and inclusion in retina, but provides avenues for solutions and what needs to come next.

An AAO 2021 presentation highlighted the industrial design differences that could result in treatment overdoses with pre-filled syringes of aflibercept.

Early 2020 response to the pandemic was linked to many patients being lost to follow-up, and countries reported worse overall visual acuity among their patients.

New HAWK and HARRIER findings show patients with fluid-free visits reported greater benefit in BVCA while receiving anti-VEGF.

Patients who are treated with B cell depletion therapies show that their B cell count at time of vaccination can impact their COVID-19 antibody response.

An assessment of a rheumatic disease cohort shows Spike protein antibody response is significantly decreased in vaccinated patients, and may vary by treatment.

Lower health literacy has been found to be associated with worsened health outcomes for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Fetal deaths associated with the rheumatic disease have been on the decline, but increased risks persist nonetheless.

Alopecia and nausea risk may be more easily identified in patients initiating methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis.

A study presented at ACR 2021 found that CBD had no significant effect on pain intensity in patients with hand osteoarthritis or psoriatic arthritis.

An assessment of data from the DISCOVER and VOYAGE trials show the IL-23 inhibitor provides similar safety profiles in patients with either psoriatic disease.

Interim data from a post-marketing analysis suggest a boxed label warning for the drug in 2019 may have limited high-risk patients taking the biologic therapy.

A cross-sectional analysis suggests patients with worse social risk scores are significantly more likely to be impacted by juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

This study shows that many patients with rheumatoid arthritis can use a dose lower than 1000mg and still see results.

With the popularity of CBD growing in Denmark, Jonathan Vela, MD, examined the effectiveness of CBD treatment on hand osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis.

More data from ACR 2021 evidences the risk of minimal response to mRNA vaccines in autoimmune disorder patients on rituximab.

In this video interview, Dr. Jing Cui explains what the next steps could be for the risk prediction models of systemic lupus erythematosus.