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ABSTRACT
Purpose: To explore the unmet needs in the management of patients with severe inflammatory eye disease (IED), future directions for research and therapy, and to develop and facilitate access and delivery of better medical care to patients with severe IED.
Methods: The unmet needs and future directions in inflammatory eye disease were identified and discussed by experts in relevant disciplines at a recent international conference.
Results: A total of 14 major unmet needs were identified and discussed by experts in the areas of ophthalmology, rheumatology, infectious disease, and internal medicine, at an international conference. The major areas discussed are summarized in this review.
Conclusions: Identification of unmet needs in IED is seen as a first step in implementing changes in the way we diagnose and treat patients with these sight-threatening IEDs.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Speakers: Reema Bansal, India; Gregory Carr, Australia; Soon-Phaik Chee, Singapore; Janet Davis, USA; Andrew Dick, United Kingdom; John Forrester, UK; Ahmet Gül, Turkey; Arnd Heiligenhaus, Germany; Bernard Hudson, Australia; Douglas Jabs, USA; John Kempen, USA; Philippe Kestelyn, Belgium; Moncef Khairallah, Tunisia; Susan Lightman, UK; Thomas Ness, Germany; Hendrik Schulze-Koops, Germany; Justine Smith, Australia; Ilknur Tugal-Tutkun, Turkey; Ute Vollmer-Conna, Australia; Lai Wei, PR China; Manfred Zierhut, Germany.
Chairs and participants: Pia Allegri, Italy; Edoardo Baglivo, Switzerland; Talin Barisani-Asenbauer, Austria; Immanuel Barth, Germany; Matthias Becker, Switzerland; Barbara Biziorek, Poland; Enzo Castiglione, Chile; Raoul Cheuteu, Cameroon; Luca Cimino, Italy; Christoph Deuter, Germany; Yosuf ElShabrawi, Austria; Elizabeth Graham, United Kingdom; Peter Martin Van Hagen, The Netherlands; Anna-Maria Kestelyn, Belgium; Tatyana Kuznetsova, Russia; Xiaoli Liu, Germany; Elisabetta Miserocchi, Italy; Miles Stanford, United Kingdom; Richard Stawell, Australia; Nicole Stübiger, Germany; Khalid Tabbara, Saudi Arabia; Barbara Teuchner, Austria.
DECLARATION OF INTEREST
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.