October 31, 2024
Photo Credit: Ocumetra
DUBLIN, Ireland — Ocumetra has announced an investment and partnership with Topcon Healthcare, Inc. to further advance myopia management outcomes for children.
This collaboration combines Ocumetra’s myopia management platform with Topcon Healthcare’s cloud-based Harmony digital health platform to ensure eye care providers can access and utilize myopia clinical support solutions at scale. This collaboration will enable Ocumetra and Topcon Healthcare to provide clinicians with the resources they need in the identification, monitoring, and treatment of children at risk of progressive myopia.
“At Ocumetra, our mission is to deliver precise, patient-centered myopia management solutions that support the evolving needs of eye care professionals and the patients they serve,” said James Loughman, CEO of Ocumetra. “We believe in better eye health for children and value strong partnerships built on trust, integrity, transparency, and authenticity to drive our ambition for positive global impact. This partnership with Topcon Healthcare, Inc., a company dedicated to transforming health care through a cloud-based platform and ecosystem, is a pivotal step toward realizing our vision for the future of myopia care. With great partners come great possibilities, and together, we are poised to transform the landscape of eye care.”
Among the digital tools offered by Ocumetra for myopia management are:
- Patient Communication Tools: Designed to save valuable chair time while providing opportunity to maximize initial patient uptake and long-term retention of myopia management.
- Axial Length Estimation Tools: Allowing ECPs to seamlessly incorporate axial length data into their clinical routines, get comfortable with this important metric, and support a transition to biometry-led myopia monitoring.
- Profiling Tools: Identifying children who might benefit from further evaluation and treatment and helping ECPs effectively communicate the potential risks of progressive myopia and the benefits of treatment to parents.
- Clinical Support Tools: Providing additional information to assist ECPs in making informed, evidence-based decisions and for them to develop personalized myopia management plans for each child.
- Advanced Analytics Tools: These tools will support the entire patient journey through myopia management, ensuring that patients have improved opportunity to receive maximum lifetime benefits from treatment.
“The Ocumetra mission, their trustworthy and transparent leadership team, and their scientifically backed solution are well aligned with Topcon Healthcare’s mission to deliver evidence-based clinical decision support solutions that address the most imminent clinical needs, globally,” said Ali Tafreshi, CEO and President of Topcon Healthcare, Inc. “Our investment and strategic collaboration aim to accelerate Ocumetra’s goal to implement and scale their solutions quickly and cost effectively, just in time to align with available and upcoming therapies for myopia.”
