COOKIE_Magazine

12/08/2025

COOKIE 20 is fresh out of the oven, and this batch is crammed with clinical coolness on myopia’s wildest frontiers. From AI fortune-telling to Malaysian policy reform, this issue takes us far beyond the blur. Chomp on the full issue here https://issuu.com/mediamice/docs/cookie_issue_20_-_the_myopia_care_issue?fr=sZmEzNTg3MjA5MTk

Here’s a taste of what’s inside:
–Can AI predict myopia before it strikes? Dr. Li Lian Foo weighs in on fundus refraction offset, genetic data and the future of hyper-personalized care.

–Gamifying compliance: Dr. Foo returns to share how VR, apps, and digital dashboards are making myopia treatment less "meh" for kids.

–Zooming in on Gen Z: Dr. Nadia Afkhami spills her secrets for using social media to raise myopia awareness and boost clinic bookings while she’s at it.

–The DNA of Nearsightedness: Prof. Seang-Mei Saw unpacks how family history, GWAS data and polygenic risk scores are reshaping how we manage risk.

–Malaysia’s Optometry Bill: Prof. Dr. Bariah Mohd Ali leads the charge in redefining the professions by elevating access, scope and standards nationwide.

Big kudos to all the docs and KOLs featured in this issue! The future of eye care is in visionary hands.
-Dr. Carmen Abesamis-Dichoso
-Dr. Purvi Thomson
-Dr. Kristie Nguyen
-Dr. Li Lian Foo
-Dr. Monica Chaudhry
-Dr. Maria Sampalis
-Dr. Nadia Afkhami
-Mr. Fakhruddin Shamsheer Barodawala
-Dr. Ashley Tucker
-Prof. Dr. Bariah Mohd Ali
-Dr. Norhani Mohidin
-Dr. Jeffrey Walline
-Dr. Ashley Tucker
-Prof. Seang-Mei Saw
-Dr. Li Lian Foo
-Dr. Glenda Aleman-Moheeputh
-Dr.Dzulkefly Ahmad
-Mr. Muhammad Syimir Shahrul Izam
-Dr. Carmen Abesamis-Dichoso
-Dr. Preeya Gupta

This content is intended exclusively for healthcare professionals and eye care practitioners. It is not intended for the general public. Products or therapies discussed may not be registered or approved in all jurisdictions, including Singapore.

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25/07/2025

From Seoul to Singapore, Shanghai to Taipei, the 5th APMMS brought together the brightest minds in myopia management for a regional rally like no other. With shared tables to shared goals, APMMS 2025 showed just how far the myopia movement has come. Attendance has skyrocketed, energy is high, and the mission is to protect our children’s future vision.

What makes this event a yearly must for leaders in the field? Watch the highlight and see for yourself.

Stay tuned for the full video!

This content is intended exclusively for healthcare professionals and eye care practitioners. It is not intended for the general public. Products or therapies discussed may not be registered or approved in all jurisdictions, including Singapore.

CooperVision

18/07/2025

Take a quick break, share your thoughts and be part of something bigger. For each completed survey, we’ll donate $3 for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (VISION 2020/IAPB). Your voice can make a difference in our work—and in vision worldwide. Join the cause! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5_h6OxtqVNp0ukg1cIStFLbxPOlXAjZbxV7usIvUp9D9jbQ/viewform

14/07/2025

Finnish startup IXI unveils smart glasses that shift focus in real time to replace zones and jumps with smooth, gaze-driven correction. Could dynamic lenses be the next evolution in presbyopia care?
https://cookiemagazine.org/new-autofocus-glasses-could-make-reading-specs-obsolete/

A new entrant in vision tech wants to change how presbyopia is corrected: automatically. While tech giants chase the next...

11/07/2025

Big moves in tiny tech! A Dubai-based startup just landed $250M to put AI, biosensing and augmented reality ON the eyeball. Yup, smart-lenses that could track IOP, detect biomarkers and maybe even give night vision.

Too sci-fi to be real? Click to see why ECPs should be paying close attention to this moonshot: https://cookiemagazine.org/xpanceo-secures-funding-for-ai-smart-contact-lens/

Precision IOP tracking, tear-fluid biosensing and more. This lens could redefine “smart” in eye care.  Move over, smart glasses. Dubai-based...

08/07/2025

Two eye care powerhouses, LENZ Therapeutics and Laboratoires Théa, just signed a major licensing and commercialization deal to launch LNZ100 in Canada. This novel, aceclidine-based eye drop, now awaiting FDA approval by August 8, could mark a new chapter in near vision care. Full story here. https://cookiemagazine.org/lenz-therapeutics-thea-partner-presbyopia-drop-canada/

Canada preps for a presbyopia upgrade as LENZ100 edges closer to potential FDA approval. LENZ Therapeutics (San Diego, USA) and...

04/07/2025

You know the science of myopia. But does your patient understand the difference between myopia control, correction and management? The International Myopia Institute (IMI) latest consensus simplifies this for you—so you can simplify it for them. Want to dive deeper? Read the full consensus here. https://cookiemagazine.org/myopia-correction-control-and-management-whats-the-difference-and-why-it-matters/

26/06/2025

Stuart Therapeutics’ preliminary Phase 3 results for ST-100 didn’t meet its primary endpoint for tear production—but it still showed fast eye surface healing by Day 4 and improved visual function scores by Day 2.

Next step? A follow-up trial to dig deeper into the results.
Read the full story here. https://cookiemagazine.org/stuart-therapeutics-phase3-results-for-novel-ded-drug/

ST-100 missed its primary endpoint—but showed visible healing on the eye’s surface by Day 4. Stuart Therapeutics (Florida, United States)...

25/06/2025

New in contact lens care: A daily disposable lens designed for patients with both astigmatism and presbyopia has been launched in the US and Canada. Explore the features and clinical implications: https://cookiemagazine.org/acuvue-releases-daily-disposable-multifocal-toric-lens/

New lens offers a simplified option for patients managing both presbyopia and astigmatism Johnson & Johnson Vision (New Jersey, United...

19/06/2025

Think all -4.00 Ds are created equal? Think again. A new study just dropped the mic (and the metric) on traditional myopia assessments, and it might change how you evaluate risk in your patients. Say hello to fundus refraction offset (FRO), a fresh, new biomarker that’s entered the scene.

Tap the link to get the FRO-down: https://cookiemagazine.org/research-new-biomarker-myopia-progression/

Not all -4.00 Ds are created equal. Meet the myopia biomarker that new research says knows the difference.  Researchers have...

18/06/2025

New research from the BLINK Study shows how high-add multifocal contacts slow myopia in kids by increasing choroidal thickness and reducing eye elongation. https://cookiemagazine.org/multifocal-lenses-slow-pediatric-myopia/

A University of Houston study links lens use to biological changes that reduce axial length elongation. What’s going on behind...

11/06/2025

Childhood myopia is rising fast—but now, there's a global game plan. The World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - WSPOS Myopia Consensus 2025 lays out what truly works (and what doesn’t) to slow its progression. Dive into the global blueprint shaping the future of pediatric vision care. Read the full article here. https://cookiemagazine.org/wspos-consensus-statement-on-myopia-control/

Myopia, or nearsightedness, has become one of the most pressing pediatric health issues of our time. What used to be...