Glaukos Corp. said it expects rising competition in the US microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) space in 2020 from Ivantis along with surgical procedures.

Aevi needs to raise funds first, but hopes to develop MEDI2338 for adult-onset Still’s disease. Also, Alnylam plans to leverage Ironwood’s GI expertise for givosiran in acute hepatic porphyria and Ultragenyx snags option to buy GeneTx.

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In the randomized COMPARE trial, eyes treated with Ivantis' Hydrus Microstent were about twice as likely to not need medication than eyes treated with two Glaukos iStent trabecular micro-bypass stents one year after implant  The one-year results of the trial have been accepted for publication in Opthalmology.