Medical experts explore recent therapies in the treatment of dry eye disease.
This is a video synopsis/summary of a Stakeholder Summit involving:
Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA; Jai G. Parekh, MD, MBA; and Alexander Kabiri, OD.
Haumschild asks about promising emerging dry eye disease (DED) therapies targeting symptoms and causes. Kabiri cites the recent approval of perfluorohexyloctane, taken 4 times daily, as an effective, safe, accessible treatment specifically addressing the predominant evaporative DED component.
Parekh notes the recent first-in-class evaporative DED treatment approval has generated great enthusiasm after decades of unmet need in this area, joining other emerging options like a new medication for a DED-exacerbating mite, a topical steroid specifically for intermittent DED flares, and pipeline immunomodulators with alternate anti-inflammatory mechanisms. He notes DED’s rising prominence is attracting investments into therapeutic innovation. Kabiri adds that the approved evaporative DED medication has a simple educational message around mechanism. This avoids intimidation barriers that can impede provider adoption and patient compliance relative to emerging therapies.
Video synopsis is AI-generated and reviewed by AJMCÒ editorial staff.
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