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In patients with infectious keratitis, Rose Bengal (RB) photodynamic antimicrobial therapy (PDAT) mitigates the need for therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty, as shown in a recent study. However, keratoplasty after RB-PDAT may increase the chances of graft survival at 1 year postoperatively.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 01 - 15 August 2022 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Frequent, vigorous physical activity can have negative consequences, with a recent study suggesting that this level of activity increases the odds of central serous chorioretinopathy by more than fivefold.

ClickCheck, a portable and low-cost refractive error measurement device, demonstrates a high level of agreement with the standard-practice subjective refraction (SR) in terms of spherical power, according to a recent study. Nevertheless, improvements are needed to yield better cylindrical power evaluations.

Treatment with bevacizumab in patients undergoing vascularized high-risk corneal transplantation shows no significant difference in the rate of endothelial rejection at 1 year when compared to placebo, reports a recent study.

Current polygenic risk scores (PRSs) deliver satisfactory predictive capacity for high myopia (HM) and can pinpoint children at high risk to prevent myopia progression to HM, suggests a Singapore study.

Topical OCS-01, a dexamethasone ophthalmic suspension, appears to be beneficial in the treatment of patients with diabetic macular edema, with the results of a phase II study showing that the drug helps improve central macular thickness.