Izba (Travoprost Ophthalmic Solution) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - December 6, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Travatan (Travoprost) - updated on RxList
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Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - December 6, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Glaukos touts 3-year iStent data
Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) today released 3-year results from a study of its iStent trabecular micro-bypass stents, touting a 43% reduction in mean intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients treated with the device.
Results were published in the journal Ophthalmology and Therapy this month, the Laguna Hills, Calif.-based company said.
Glaukos’ iStent micro-bypass stents are made from non-ferromagnetic titanium and coated in heparin, is designed to be implanted into multiple trabecular meshwork through a single corneal entry point to reduce IOP, the company said.
Data in the prospective study came from 101 patients with prim...
Source: Mass Device - September 23, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Clinical Trials Optical/Ophthalmic Glaukos Source Type: news
Novartis taps Hospira-sale engineer exec Ball to revive slumping Alcon
Novartis (NYSE:NVS) is looking to revitalize its slumping Alcon eye care division by picking up medical vet Michael Ball, who recently organized Hospira’s $15 billion sale to Pfizer (NYSE:PFE).
Ball will replace previous Alcon chief Jeff George, the company announced today. Novartis CEO Joe Jimenez is reportedly putting Ball in control of reviving Alcon.
Alcon has been in a rut, with its glaucoma drug Travatan Z patent expiring last month, intraocular lens implant revenue slumping and an underperforming over-the-counter contact lens solution biz.
“If you look at the mistakes that were made that have led to the slow...
Source: Mass Device - January 27, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Optical/Ophthalmic Alcon Inc. Hospira Inc. Novartis AG Pfizer Inc. Source Type: news
Glaukos touts 3-year iStent study data
Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) said today data from a 3-year study of its iStent Trabecular micro-bypass stent indicated that it, along with cataract surgery, lowered mean intraocular pressure 36% and reduced mean glaucoma medications by 86% 3 years post-surgery.
The study reported a mean IP of 14.99 mmHg in 39 patients monitored after treatment for 3 years, compared to a mean preoperative IOP of 23.4 mmHG. The mean number of glaucoma medications used after 3 years dropped to 0.3, compared with a preoperative mean of 1.9 medications.
No operative complications were reported, but 5 secondary surgeries, 2 postoperative ocular ocular s...
Source: Mass Device - January 20, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Blog Glaukos Corp. Source Type: news
No quick fix seen for Novartis’s troubled Alcon unit
(Reuters) – Introduced a decade ago, glaucoma drug Travatan Z has been a powerful driver behind the success of Novartis (NYSE:NVS)’s Alcon eye care business, its second biggest division behind the main pharmaceuticals business.
But the drug’s patent expiration last month, the latest in a wave of expiries that have left Alcon vulnerable to generics, brings into sharp focus the unit’s problems, for which analysts say there is no obvious quick fix.
Having taken its first stake in Alcon eight years ago after it was floated by former-owner Nestle, Novartis now acknowledges the ophthalmic division has become ...
Source: Mass Device - January 12, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Business/Financial News Alcon Inc. Novartis AG Source Type: news
Glaukos submits IND for Travoprost eluting iDose
Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) said it submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the FDA for its Travoprost intraocular implant delivered with the company’s iDose delivery system to reduce elevated intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma.
The Travoprost intraocular implant is injected through a clear corneal incision and secured in the anterior chamber, where the iDose system provides continuously elutes therapeutic levels of medication for an extended period of time, Glaukos said.
“This IND submission represents a seminal milestone, which the Glaukos team achieved well ahead of our original 2016 time...
Source: Mass Device - November 20, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Clinical Trials Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Optical/Ophthalmic Regulatory/Compliance Glaukos Corp. Source Type: news
Stents as Effective as Prostaglandin in GlaucomaStents as Effective as Prostaglandin in Glaucoma
Trabecular micro-bypass stents work as well as travoprost to reduce intraocular pressure in glaucoma, say researchers. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news
Novartis says Alcon's Travatan receives EU approval
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis said on Tuesday the European Commission had approved an additional treatment for its eyecare unit Alcon's Travatan treatment for glaucoma, a chronic, sight-threatening eye disease. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Izba (Travoprost Ophthalmic Solution) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - May 29, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Travoprost in the Treatment of Ocular HypertensionTravoprost in the Treatment of Ocular Hypertension
What is the most effective dosing strategy of travoprost for the treatment of ocular hypertension? This new study compares daily vs alternate day use. Journal of Glaucoma (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology Journal Article Source Type: news
