Impending Advances in Sustained Anti-VEGF Delivery for Neovascular Retinal Diseases: An Up-Close Look!

Release Date: December 30, 2020 
Last Reviewed: December 12, 2020
Expiration Date: December 30, 2021
Time to Complete Activity: 1.5 hours
*This activity expired for credit on December 30, 2021 and is no longer available for credit

Faculty Co-Chairs
Nancy M. Holekamp, MD
Director, Retinal Services 
Pepose Vision Institute 
Chesterfield, MO 

Carl D. Regillo, MD, FACS
Director, the Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital 
Professor of Ophthalmology
Thomas Jefferson University
Partner, Mid Atlantic Retina 
Philadelphia, PA 

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This activity is jointly provided by Global Education Group and Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC in partnership with Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry for COPE credit.

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This activity is supported by an educational grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group.

Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of comprehensive ophthalmologists. It may also benefit retina specialists, optometrists, and other clinicians involved in the care of patients with neovascular retinal diseases.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Identify anti-VEGF treatment strategies that are associated with improved visual acuity and anatomical outcomes, and that arrest disease progression 
• Evaluate clinical trial designs, safety, and efficacy for emerging strategies under investigation for sustained delivery of anti-VEGF agents used to treat neovascular retinal diseases
• Recognize aspects of surgical implantation and/or refill of novel anti-VEGF delivery strategies that are important to patient education

• The Unmet Need for Durable Treatment of Neovascular Retinal Diseases
• Anti-VEGF for Treatment of Neovascular Retinal Diseases
• Reducing Anti-VEGF Treatment Burden: The Promise of Sustained Delivery
• New Modes of Anti-VEGF Delivery: What Do Our Patients Need to Know?
• Q&A

Optometrist Continuing Education
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COPE Course ID: 70764-PS
COPE Activity ID: 120930

Please consult your state’s Board of Optometry to determine if the CE credit may apply toward your CE requirement for license renewal.

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Faculty 

Nancy M. Holekamp, MD
Consulting Fees: Acucela Inc; Allergan, Inc; Apellis Pharmaceuticals; Bayer Corporation; Clearside Biomedical; Gemini Therapeutics, Inc; Genentech, Inc; Gyroscope Therapeutics Limited; Katalyst Surgical; Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc; Nacuity Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Notal Vision, Inc; Novartis; Polyactiva Pty Ltd; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc 
Grant/Research Support: Gemini Therapeutics, Inc; Genentech, Inc; Gyroscope Therapeutics
Patents/Intellectual Property Rights: Katalyst Surgical
Speaker’s Bureau: Allergan, Inc; Genentech, Inc; Novartis; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Spark Therapeutics
Stockholder: Katalyst Surgical

Carl D. Regillo, MD, FACS
Consulting Fees: Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc; Allergan, Inc; Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical Group Co, Ltd; Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals; Genentech, Inc; Graybug Vision, Inc; IVERIC Bio, Inc; Kodiak Sciences Inc; Novartis
Grant/Research Support: Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc; Allergan, Inc; Apellis Pharmaceuticals; Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical Group Co, Ltd; Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals; Genentech, Inc; Graybug Vision, Inc; IVERIC Bio, Inc; Kodiak Sciences, Inc; Novartis; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc; REGENXBIO Inc

Sunir J. Garg, MD (independent peer reviewer):
Consulting Fees: Allergan, Inc; Apellis Pharmaceuticals; Bausch & Lomb; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc; Kanaph Therapeutics Inc
Grant/Research Support: Aerpio Pharmaceuticals; Apellis Pharmaceuticals; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc

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