The FDA issued a complete response letter for SYD-101, citing insufficient evidence of effectiveness despite achieving ...

How severe should myopia be in a pediatric patient to justify starting treatment, and when is it appropriate to begin ...

Overview: Atropine ophthalmic is an eye drop used to dilate the pupils and relax eye muscles before eye exams or procedures. It is also used to treat lazy eye. The most common side effects are pain ...

Children with myopia using 0.05% atropine eye drops had less myopia progression and/or less axial elongation compared with those using placebo or 0.01% atropine, though they had higher rates of ...

The FDA declined to approve SYD-101, a low-dose atropine formulation that would have been the first pharmaceutical treatment ...

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A nightly use of 0.05% atropine eyedrops resulted in a lower incidence of myopia compared with placebo. Reduced incidence of myopia and myopic shift after 2 years of follow-up was seen in patients who ...

While the trial met its primary endpoint, the FDA stated in its letter that the application could not be approved in its current form.

Child eye test and eye exam. Little girl having eye check-up, with phoropter. Doctor performs eye test for child. This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine.

Atropine prescriptions in children with myopia did not increase ocular complication risks compared to non-users, despite myopia's inherent risks. The study involved over 1.2 million children, with 67% ...

Inspectors from the United Nations are attempting to determine whether the Syrian government is responsible for the use of chemical weapons in attacks there—a line that, if crossed, could warrant ...

Atropine has long been used to treat abnormally slow heart rate in emergency situations by altering the way electrical signals move through the heart. Bradycardia is an especially slow heartbeat and a ...