COATING ON CONTACT LENS OFFERS SUSTAINED-RELEASE OF DRUG IN EYE

Cytokine-coated Lens Could Treat Dry Eye

The sustained-release drug would be dispersed over days.

"University of Pittsburgh researchers developed a coating for silicone hydrogel lenses they believe could provide a sustained treatment for dry eye. The results show that polymeric IL-4 releasing coating can be applied to contact lenses with a resulting sustained release of drug over days vs. the transient burst release seen with eye drops,”