OcuSciences

OcuSciences, Inc., is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing retinal imagers to identify metabolic dysfunction occurring in the retina for the detection of early disease. Its flagship device, the OcuMet Beacon, is being developed to automatically and non-invasively assess retinal metabolic function by detecting the degree of flavoprotein fluorescence (FPF), a well-studied precursor to retinal cell death, in a patient's eye. OcuSciences has shown preliminary clinical utility in a number of different disease states, including diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration. The study was conducted with IRB oversight as the device is not US-FDA approved.