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Sustainability: Walking the Walk or Talking the Talk?
Sustainability was a theme for multiple sessions at this year’s ESCRS congress, including one called “Sustainability Without Borders,” hosted by the ESCRS’ Young Ophthalmologists for Sustainability...
Steady Growth Expected in Single-Use Surgical Products, Even With Push to Cut OR Waste
Environmental sustainability programs have grown in scope over the last five years, with major ophthalmic surgery associations joining forces to propose specific actions to reduce the carbon footpr...
April 2024 Ophthalmic News Briefs
Alexion, the rare disease unit of AstraZeneca, announced March 25 that the US FDA had approved its long-acting C5 complement inhibitor Ultomiris (ravulizumab-cwvz) for adults with neuromyelitis opt...
Rayner Updates Packaging to Lessen Impact on Environment
UK-based Rayner announced March 25 that it would update its packaging to reduce the company’s carbon footprint and improve ease of use for customers. Rayner said the new packaging will replace pape...
Weekly Surgeon Poll, January 2024
US Ophthalmologists Emphasize Action as Industry Inches Toward Greener Practices
Sustainability sessions at the 2023 AAO meeting echoed the sentiment of the ESCRS and other ophthalmic meetings throughout the year. US ophthalmologists discussed how practices can implement protoc...
2023 ESCRS Congress Pits Greener Choices Against Traditional Practices to Fight Waste
Eye surgeons swapped their scrubs for boxing robes at the 2023 congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, as they took part in the society’s high-profile battle against s...
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