Dendrimer-based compositions and methods are provided, that are useful for administering pharmaceutical compositions to target cells and tissues for treatment of ocular diseases including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinitis pigmentosa.

What is described is a semi-solid controlled release composition comprising a semi-solid lipid pharmaceutical active agent in a solution or a homogenous suspension, methods of using the composition for treating a disease, and methods of manufacturing the composition.

The present disclosure relates to the field of pharmaceutical compositions, ocular implants, and systems and methods for treating an ocular condition. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides ocular implant systems for treating post-operative inflammation. In certain aspects, the ocular implants taught herein are rapid release extended treatment implants.

Disclosed herein are methods for treating eye injuries by administering one or more angiotensin peptides to a subject with an eye injury.

The present invention relates to a drug-eluting nanoengineered medical implant/contact device. The device comprises a nanocomposite and a drug, wherein the nanocomposite comprises hydrophilic polymer domains, hydrophobic polymer domains, water pores, and boundary charged double layers; wherein when the drug is hydrophilic, at least 80% of the drug partitions in the boundary charged double layers formed at the boundary interface of the hydrophilic polymer domains and water pores, and when the drug is hydrophobic, at least 80% of the dmg partitions in the boundary charged double layers formed at the boundary interface of the hydrophobic polymer domains and water pores. The device is configured to sustain the release of the drug at high precision and long duration.

The present invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation comprising a layer-by-layer thin film that is produced by alternately layering a polycation and a polyanion, and a drug loaded onto the layer-by-layer thin film. As a result, a pharmaceutical preparation with a prolonged duration of drug action with a single dose is provided.

An ocular implant system including an ocular implant sized and shaped to be inserted at least partially into an eye; a carrier member with a shell having a central channel extending at least partially through the shell from a proximal end towards a distal end of the shell. A guide sleeve removably attached within at least a first region of the central channel of the shell and defining a proximal port into the central channel that is accessible from the proximal end of the shell. An implant holder removably attached within at least a second region of the central channel of the shell adjacent to a distal end of the guide sleeve and having a pair of graspers adapted to releasably secure the implant at a distal end of the implant holder. Related devices, systems, and/or methods are described.

The present invention provides a wirelessly driven contact lens including a strain sensor capable of detecting an increase in intraocular pressure in real time and a drug reservoir capable of lowering the intraocular pressure by releasing a drug based on the increase in intraocular pressure. In the present invention, there may be provided a personal therapy system that measures intraocular pressure in real time and properly releases a therapeutic drug according to the intraocular pressure that is measured through the strain sensor and the drug reservoir for releasing a drug based on an intraocular pressure state of a glaucoma patient.

Methods and apparatus provide treatment with a first therapeutic agent and a second therapeutic agent for an extended time. The first therapeutic agent may comprise a VEGF inhibitor and the second therapeutic agent may comprise an antiinflammatory, such as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, for example a cyclooxygenase inhibitor. One or more of the first therapeutic agent or the second therapeutic agent can be injected into the eye, for example injected into a therapeutic device implanted into the eye to release the injected therapeutic agent for an extended time.

The present invention features the use of compstatin and complement inhibiting analogs thereof for treating and/or preventing age related macular degeneration and other conditions involving macular degeneration, choroidal neovascularization, and/or retinal neovascularization. The invention also provides compositions comprising compstatin or a complement inhibiting analog thereof and a second therapeutic agent. The invention also provides compositions comprising compstatin or a complement inhibiting analog thereof and a gel-forming material, e.g., soluble collagen, and methods of administering the compositions.