News and Trends 10 Jan 2019 This Retinal Implant Lets Visually-Impaired Patients See Patterns An electronic chip from French company Pixium Vision, inserted behind the retina to treat age-related macular degeneration, has shown excellent results in a small clinical trial. The five patients in the feasibility study suffered from dry age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of visual impairment in people over 65 in Europe. In this incurable […] January 10, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 May 2018 Bionic Implant to Restore Vision Raises Funding to Complete First Human Trial Pixium Vision has raised €10.6M by offering new shares on Euronext Paris. The funding will be used to develop its bionic vision device further and bring it closer to a European market authorization. Pixium Vision, based in Paris, has raised €10.6M on Euronext Paris to continue the first clinical study of its PRIMA bionic vision system in […] May 4, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 13 Mar 2018 French Biotech Restores Vision in Humans with Subretinal Implant Pixium Vision has successfully restored vision in three patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using an implanted wireless device, offering significant improvements to their quality of life. Pixium Vision has restored vision in three patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), using a wireless microchip, named PRIMA, that is implanted under a patient’s retina. The technology marks a […] March 13, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Jan 2018 Update: Bionic Implant Restores Vision in a Human for the First Time Update (26/01/2018): A first patient was implanted with Pixium Vision’s PRIMA bionic device. A month after implantation, the device was activated and the patient, who suffered from severe vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reported “a first perception of light from the central zone where there was none previously,” according to principal investigator Dr. […] January 26, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Nov 2016 Meet one of the Most Impressive French Biotech Entrepreneurs The previous executive profiles we did, namely on Joern Aldag and Philippe Dro, are hard acts to follow, but Bernard Gilly was more than up to it. Bernard has a broad set of achievements for a broad set of lessons and takeaways. Here are the major ones. You might have seen Bernard Gilly’s name in the […] November 14, 2016 - 6 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email