Seems like you cannot go to a CE meeting or read a journal without some mention of corneal crosslinking (CXL) lately. While this procedure has been available in Europe for quite a while, it's just starting to take off in the USA with FDA studies. According to Avedro's company statement, it is a "privately held medical device and pharmaceutical company advancing the science and technology of corneal cross-linking". There must be a lot of fun celebrations at Avedro lately given all their recent advancements: September 2011 - Avedro received FDA orphan drug status for CXL for the treatment of KCN. December 2011 - Avedro received a second FDA orphan drug status for CXL for the treatment of post-refractive surgery ectasia. Early January 2012 - Avedro gets European approval for it's post-LASIK CXL treatment called LASIK Xtra. Late January 2012 - Avedro recently got Canadian approval for the LASIK Xtra procedure. Pretty cool, eh? - jw |
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