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Ophthalmic Venture Capital Continues to Bounce Back, Driven by Retinal Pharma
Venture capital investments accounted for 96 percent of ophthalmic deals in Q2-2025, with financing rounds totaling $590.7 million—the highest quarter since Q3-2023, when these transactions reached...
Alcon to Acquire LumiThera and Its Photobiomodulation Device for Dry AMD
Alcon announced July 7 that it intended to acquire LumiThera and its photobiomodulation (PBM) device that targets early and intermediate dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). No financial det...
EssilorLuxottica to Acquire European Ophthalmology Clinic Chain Optegra
Eyewear conglomerate Essilor-Luxottica announced May 30 that it would acquire the Optegra chain of ophthalmology clinics from the private equity firm MidEuropa. Financial details were not disclosed...
Ophthalmic Venture Capital Funding Hits a Seven-Quarter Peak
Venture capital investments accounted for over half of all ophthalmic deals in Q1-2025, with financing rounds totaling $515.7 million—the highest quarter since Q3-2023, when these transactions reac...
Alcon Agrees to Buy Lensar in Deal Worth up to $430 Million
Alcon announced March 24 that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lensar, including its Ally femtosecond laser cataract system, its Streamline software, and the Lensar legacy lase...
Atsena Leads Latest Ophthalmic Fundraising with $150 Million in Series C
Atsena Therapeutics led recent ophthalmic fundraising efforts with $150 million in Series C funding, led by new investor Bain Capital, to advance its gene therapy candidates. Financing announced in...
Ophthalmology Sees $6.3 Billion in Total Investment in 2024, With 18 M&A Transactions
The ophthalmic market continues to expand and attract funding from a wide variety of investors. Total amounts raised in 2024 reached over $6.3 billion. Venture capital investment in ophthalmology i...
Bausch Kicks off 2025 With Series of Research Deals, Plus an IOL Launch
Bausch + Lomb has recently announced a series of acquisitions and collaborations that it says will bolster its expanding pipeline and help address unmet needs in ophthalmology. It also launched an ...
2024 in Review: Alcon Expands Its Glaucoma Portfolio With Belkin Acquisition
Alcon completed its acquisition of Israel’s Belkin Vision, maker of the Eagle laser for glaucoma, in July 2024. The purchase expands Alcon’s presence in the glaucoma market; Alcon also offers the H...
Bausch + Lomb Acquires Elios Vision, Developer of Excimer Laser Trabeculostomy
Bausch + Lomb announced Dec. 11 that an affiliate had acquired Elios Vision, developer of the Elios excimer laser trabeculostomy procedure for glaucoma. No financial details were disclosed. Elios’ ...
Q2-2024 Ophthalmic Deals Total More Than $1.6 Billion, Include One Strategic Purchase
Ophthalmic deals in Q2-2024 reached over $1.6 billion and involved 19 transactions. This compares with $7.0 billion from 25 transactions in Q2-2023 and $2.0 billion from 17 transactions in Q1-2024....
ANI to Acquire Alimera Sciences, Maker of Iluvien and Yutiq, for $381 Million
ANI Pharmaceuticals announced June 24 that it would acquire Alimera Sciences, maker of Iluvien and Yutiq, in a deal worth $381 mil-lion up front. The deal is expected to close in late Q3-2024, the ...
ANI Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Alimera Sciences, Maker of Iluvien and Yutiq, for $381 Million
ANI Pharmaceuticals announced June 24 that it would acquire Alimera Sciences, maker of Iluvien and Yutiq, in a deal worth $381 million up front. The deal is expected to close in late Q3-2024, the c...
Alcon to Acquire Glaucoma Laser Company Belkin Vision for up to $335M
Alcon is acquiring Israel’s Belkin Vision, maker of the Eagle laser for glaucoma, for up to $335 million, according to reports. The value of the transaction was first estimated in a story dated May...
California-Based Science Corporation Acquires Pixium Vision’s Prima Implant
Science Corporation, of Alameda, California, reported April 25 that it had acquired the IP and related assets for the Prima retinal implant, developed by Pixium Vision SA, of France. Terms of the d...
Alcon to Acquire Glaucoma Laser Company Belkin Vision for up to $335 Million
Alcon is acquiring Israel’s Belkin Vision, maker of the Eagle laser for glaucoma, for up to $335 million, according to reports. The value of the transaction was first estimated in a story dated May...
California-Based Science Corporation Acquires Pixium Vision’s Prima Implant
Science Corporation, of Alameda, California, reported April 25 that it had acquiredthe IP and related assets for the Prima retinal implant, developed by Pixium Vision SA, of France. Terms of the de...
ABVC BioPharma Sells Global Rights to Vitreous Substitute to ForSeeCon Eye for $30 Million Up Front
ABVC BioPharma announced March 26 that it had agreed to license its ophthalmology pipeline, including the vitreous substitute candidate Vitargus, to ForSeeCon Eye. ABVC, of Fremont, California, say...
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