Press for TearScience
TearScience®, Inc., a privately-held medical device company, today announced the promotion of Nicole Wicker to chief financial officer (CFO). Nicole has served as TearScience’s vice president of finance since joining the company in December, 2008.
TearScience®, a privately held medical device company, today announced that it sponsored research for seven scientific posters on evaporative dry eye and its technology, at the 2012 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting being held from May 6-10, 2012, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Subjects reflect new, ongoing research on the disease, TearScience®’s technology, and clinical outcomes. The posters cover topics such as how the LipiFlow® Thermal Pulsation System can rejuvenate Meibomian gland secretions for up to a year as well as LipiFlow’s efficacy and safety over warm compress therapy for treating Meibomian gland dysfunction. Another demonstrates LipiView Ocular Surface Interferometer’s ability to consistently and accurately measure the thickness of thin film, optically similar to the tear film. Additional research presented increases the general understanding of normal Meibomian gland function and eye lid physiology and interaction.
TearScience®, Inc., a privately-held medical device company, today announced that its system for evaporative dry eye, which includes the LipiView® Ocular Surface Interferometer and LipiFlow® Thermal Pulsation System, increased in acceptance among eye care physicians as a new standard of care in dry eye this month. Unsolicited demand for more than 30 live, in-booth LipiFlow® treatments was met above the seven demonstrations originally scheduled for the ASCRS•ASOA held in Chicago from April 20-24, 2012. Added requests for personal experience with the LipiFlow® treatment was a clear indicator of the impact that the TearScience® commercial offering made when unveiled for the first time since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s clearance for treatment of Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and evaporative dry eye.
Dealing with dry, irritated eyes is a constant battle for many, but thanks to a new device developed by a company in the Triangle, some people who have struggled to find effective treatments are finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.