Iveric Bio, a biopharmaceutical company for retinal diseases, has named Pravin Dugel, MD, to its board of directors. 

Cataract surgery cost an average of $3,500 to $7,000 per eye in 2022, according to data from eye research company MyVision.org.  

Retina Consultants of America has added its 30th partnership with the announcement of Retina Group of New England joining its national network of physicians in a Dec. 30 release. 

A physician at N.C.-based Wilmington Eye performed the first successful implant of the iStent Infinite at Wilmington Eye Surgery Center. This marks the first time a glaucoma device has been implanted in either of the Carolinas.

The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has been named the top ophthalmology residency program in the U.S. for 2022 by Ophthalmology Times. 

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore has been named the top overall university ophthalmology program in the U.S. for 2022 by the Ophthalmology Times. 

Vision Innovation Partners is a company providing management and support services to the leading comprehensive eye care providers in states across the Mid-Atlantic Region. Here are seven facts about the growing company, according to its website:

Watchmaker Omega has renewed its partnership with eye care nonprofit Orbis International for another five years, pledging $2.5 million in support to the eye care provider.

Atlanta-based EyeSouth Partners has affiliated with Pittsburgh-based North Park Ophthalmology.

Clinical trial research organization Parexel has partnered with vision healthcare organization MyEyeDr to collaborate on recruitment for diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration clinical trials. 

ASC and ophthalmology management services organization Sunvera Group has partnered with Mentor, Ohio-based Ophthalmic Physicians Incorporated and its affiliates. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based eyecare pharmaceutical company Harrow has acquired the U.S. commercial rights to five FDA-approved ophthalmic medications from Novartis for $175 million. 

Clinical trial management company Vial has added retina specialist Veeral Sheth, MD, to its scientific advisory board. 

Private equity-backed ophthalmology services provider Vision Innovation Partners has completed four practice acquisitions in 2022, bringing its total number of practices to 24.

Vision Innovation Partners inked a partnership with Chesen Laser Eye Center in Reading, Pa.

Cumming Ophthalmic Research and Development has filed an application for premarket approval with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a lens to help treat cataracts. 

Atlanta-based ophthalmology management services organization EyeSouth Partners made several moves in 2022, including its acquisition by Olympus Partners and multiple affiliations.

The FDA has issued new draft guidance warning patients about the risks associated with LASIK surgery, according to a Dec. 7 report from the The New York Times. 

The University of California Davis Health has opened a 78,500-square-foot eye care center in Sacramento, Calif., as part of an expansion project to its existing ASC. 

A branch of the Lord Baltimore Lions Club has made a donation to the Lions Vision Research Center and The Johns Hopkins' Wilmer Eye Institute, both in Baltimore, the Cape Gazette reported Dec. 3.