In mid-June, 2018, the Catalan Agency for Quality and Healthcare Evaluation, AQuAS, published the Clinical Practice Guidelines for open-angle glaucoma.

May 2018

The call for a tender to conduct a pilot study “Transcorneal Electrical Stimulation in Retinitis Pigmentosa” was announced by the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) at the end of April of 2018

On the 26th of April of 2018, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has announced the call for a tender for the pilot study “Transcorneal Electrical Stimulation in Retinitis Pigmentosa” in the Official Journal of the European Union. The deadline for the requests is the 22nd of June, 2018, 14:00

Sep 2017

The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has prepared the path for a trial of the transcorneal electrical stimulation for retinitis pigmentosa in Germany

After successful trial application by the manufacturer (Okuvision) of a stimulation technology (Okustim), the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) decided on a trial guideline for a co-funded study defining the key points of the planned study, including type and time period of the study, target population and control intervention. Results from the trial will be evaluated and may lead to reimbursement of the method in both, the inpatient and outpatient sectors.