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Belgian Company Invests 500 Million Euros for 45 Percent Stake in Rayner
Belgian investment company Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) reported Feb. 9 that it would invest 500 million euros (US $594 million, calculated on Feb. 11, 2026) in UK-based ophthalmic company Rayner...
2025 and Quarterly Ophthalmic Revenue Roundup for Amgen, Santen, Hoya, Lumibird, and Ocular Therapeutix
Amgen, of Thousand Oaks, California, reported Feb. 3 that its 2025 revenue for Tepezza was $1.90 billion, a 3 percent increase over $1.85 billion in 2024, primarily driven by higher net selling pri...
New US Law Institutes Major Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reforms in 2029
The $1.2 trillion US spending package signed into law on Feb. 3 includes major reforms to pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices. These provisions go into effect for health plan years that come a...
Samsung Bioepis’ Deals with Regeneron Clear Way for Eylea Biosimilar in US, Other Markets
Samsung Bioepis reported Feb. 12 that it had reached a settlement and license agreement with Regeneron that will allow its biosimilar to Eylea, branded Opuviz, to be launched in the US in January 2...
Nordic Pharma Launches Lacrifill Canalicular Gel for Dry Eye in Europe
Dutch drugmaker Nordic Pharma announced Feb. 5 the European launch of Lacrifill canalicular gel for dry eye. The treatment gained CE marking in April 2025. Lacrifill is a cross-linked hyaluronic ac...
American College of Eye Technicians Offers Fast-Track Virtual Training Program
The American College of Eye Technicians (ACET) recently opened enrollment for its fast-track virtual training program, an eight-week session that combines interactive activities and coursework to p...
MeiraGTx Licenses ZipBio’s Protein Therapeutic Technology for GA
MeiraGTx has obtained exclusive rights to protein therapeutic technology for geographic atrophy (GA) from ZipBio, the companies announced Feb. 3. The agreement includes an upfront payment, as well ...
Arctic Vision to Acquire MDCO Technology’s Ophthalmic Device Business
China’s Arctic Vision announced Feb. 2 that it would acquire the ophthalmic device business of MDCO Technology. Arctic Vision said MDCO markets a premium intraocular lens (IOL), a phakic lens, and ...
Alvotech’s Deal with Regeneron, Bayer Clears Way for Eylea Biosimilar in Multiple Markets
Alvotech, of Reykjavik, Iceland, reported Jan. 29 that it had reached a settlement and license agreement with Regeneron and Bayer that resolves all remaining patent disputes worldwide for its biosi...
Quarterly and 2025 Ophthalmic Revenue Roundup for Roche, Regeneron, AbbVie, Novartis, and Astellas
Swiss company Roche reported Jan. 29 that global sales of Vabysmo for 2025 were CHF 4.1 billion ($5.2 billion, converted Dec. 25, 2025), a 6 percent increase on a reported basis (+12 percent cc) ov...
Sandoz Launches Aflibercept Biosimilar Enzeevu in Canada
Swiss drugmaker Sandoz announced Feb. 2 that it had launched its Eylea biosimilar, branded Enzeevu, in Canada. Enzeevu (aflibercept-abzv) gained approval in Canada in October 2025 for all the refer...
STAAR Names Warren Foust and Deborah Andrews as Interim Co-CEOs Amid Search for Permanent Leader
STAAR Surgical, of Lake Forest, California, reported Feb. 2 that it had appointed Warren Foust and Deborah Andrews as interim co-CEOs, while the company conducts a global search for a permanent CEO...
Past News Stories
Harrow Ends Compounded Product Sales in California, Plans to Sell All Products Under Harrow Label
Harrow reported Feb. 2 that it had stopped selling compounded products in California through its ImprimisRx subsidiary on Feb. 1, after settling a disciplinary action brought by the California Boar...
US FDA Gives Green Light to Trial of Life Bio’s Cell Rejuvenation Candidate in Optic Neuropathies
Life Biosciences reported on Jan. 28 that the US FDA had signed off on its investigational new drug (IND) application, allowing the company to proceed with a Phase I trial of ER-100, a cell rejuven...
Santen Gains Approval in Japan for RVL’s Blepharoptosis Drops Under Name Upneeq Mini
RVL Pharmaceuticals announced Jan. 8 that its partner Santen had gained manufacturing and marketing approval in Japan for RVL’s eye drop formulation of oxymetazoline hydrochloride, to be known in J...
Opus Launches Trial in Abu Dhabi for RP Gene Therapy Candidate
Opus Genetics announced Jan. 27 that it had launched a clinical trial in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, for its gene therapy candidate targeting MERTK-related retinitis pigment...
Merged Southeastern US Eye Banks Will Be Known as Precision Ocular Network
Two Southeastern US eye banks, Advancing Sight Network and Miracles In Sight, announced Jan. 27 that their merged operations would be known as Precision Ocular Network. The organizations announced ...
US FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to BlueRock’s RP Cell Therapy Candidate
Bayer subsidiary BlueRock Therapeutics announced Jan. 22 that the US FDA had granted orphan drug status to OpCT-001, its cell therapy candidate for retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Orphan drug designatio...
US FDA Grants Fast Track Status to Drug Farm’s ROSAH Candidate
Drug Farm, of Shanghai, China, announced Jan. 27 that the US FDA had granted fast track designation to DF-003, an oral alpha kinase 1 (ALPK1) inhibitor targeting the rare genetic disease ROSAH synd...
Orbis International Appoints Kathleen Sherwin, MBA, as President and CEO
Orbis International announced Jan. 12 that it had appointed Kathleen Sherwin as president and chief executive officer. New York-based Orbis said Sherwin brings more than 25 years of experience adva...
US FDA Approves Re-administration of Glaukos’ iDose TR
Glaukos announced Jan. 28 that the US FDA had approved a supplement to its new drug application allowing for re-administration of iDose TR, the company’s intracameral travoprost implant for glaucom...
US FDA Approves Tenpoint’s Yuvezzi Drops for Presbyopia
Tenpoint Therapeutics announced Jan. 28 that the US FDA had approved Yuvezzi (carbachol and brimonidine tartrate ophthalmic solution 2.75%/0.1%) for presbyopia. The company said it expects to launc...
EU-India Free Trade Agreement to Phase in Lower Pharma and Device Tariffs
A free trade agreement reached Jan. 27 by the European Union and India will reduce or eliminate tariffs on about 90 percent of goods, including pharmaceuticals and medical devices, between the two ...
US FDA Rolls Out PreCheck Program to Speed Approval of Drug Manufacturing Plants
The US FDA announced Jan. 21 that it would begin accepting applications on Feb. 1, 2026, for its new PreCheck Pilot Program to improve the regulatory process for US manufacturing facilities. The ag...
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