Alternative To Eye Drops Being Developed

Eyenovations has developed an alternative to eye drops for patients with glaucoma. Co ntact lenses can deliver drugs to the eye for a month or more. Researchers from Children’s Hospital Boston and the Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary modified contact lens materials to carry medication then developed a hydrogel lens with a polymer film inside that contains the medication. The rate of release of the medication can be controlled by altering the properties of the polymer film and lens. Eyenovations is developing contact lenses using materials approved by the FDA that can deliver drugs for up to 30 days (the FDA limit for single use contact lenses).