Industry Experts blogging about Dry Eye Disease
The advent of tear osmolarity as a practical tool for diagnosis, determination of severity of disease and as a reliable objective measure of response to treatment is a game changer for clinicians faced daily in their offices with patients suffering from this disease. TearLab Corporation recently received a letter from the FDA … [Read more...]
December has turned out to be quite a month for TearLab Corporation. TearLab achieved their largest milestone last week when they received FDA communication granting them the CLIA waiver for the TearLab® Osmolarity System (pending labeling agreements). In addition, in a press release on Tuesday of this week, TearLab announced … [Read more...]
The American Academy of Ophthalmology in September published a partial revision of the Preferred Practice Patterns for Dry Eye. In this, tear osmolarity was added to the recommended diagnostic tests for dry eye disease and specifically the TearLab was referenced. This recognition by the Academy’s panel of the critical role tear … [Read more...]
Dr. McDonald is the Cornea/refractive/anterior segment specialist, Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, Lynbrook, NY. She is presently an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans and a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at New York University (NYU) in Manhattan. Dr … [Read more...]
TearLab’s (NASDAQ:TEAR; TSX:TLB) osmolarity test for dry eye disease continues to make impressive inroads in gaining awareness and acceptance among U.S. eye doctors. TearLab Osmolarity Test For example, an article entitled “Tear Osmolarity in the Diagnosis and Management of Dry Eye Disease,” which appeared in the … [Read more...]
Dr Sean Mulqueeny describes how he utilizes the TearLab Osmolarity System in his Dry Eye practice in an article in Optometric Management's September edition. Tear Test: Osmolarity test quantifies tear film integrity Because the medical literature has shown tear osmolarity is a key indicator of tear film quality and can, … [Read more...]
Dr. David Sullivan, one of the world's leading experts in Ocular Surface Disease in a presentation in Boston at the OCRT AAO mtg said: "We have one clinical endpoint that happens to be quantitative: osmolarity," Dr. Sullivan said. "We need more clinical endpoints; then it will be possible to develop a new treatment for … [Read more...]
See Kelly Nichols' 10 Step approach to ensure a complete Dry Eye Disease diagnosis in Optometric Management's September 2011 Issue: Pinning Down Dry Eye By Kelly K. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD Diagnosing dry eye disease is essential for many reasons — most importantly, to optimize patients' ocular health. Dry eye diagnosis and … [Read more...]
At the recent European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Annual Congress in Vienna, prominent LASIK surgeon, Dr. Eric Donnenfeld, presented data from a multi-site refractive surgery center study designed to determine how pre- and post-LASIK tear osmolarity levels relate to rates of Dry Eye Disease ("DED") and DED … [Read more...]
Why should I start a Dry Eye Disease clinic in my practice? Great question that many doctors should be asking. DED is the most common condition we see in our practices. Estimates show there are 30 million patients in the US alone having Dry Eye Disease. See Dr Kelly Nichols' comments... A Drop in the Bucket Many … [Read more...]
