Meet a Researcher: Dr Nikolas Pontikos
Dr Nikolas Pontikos is a Senior Research Fellow at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and has been working on inherited retinal conditions for several years.
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e-Newsletter October 2025
Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK.
Collective support from Sight Loss Charities
The cost-of-living crisis is having a major impact on the lives of blind and partially sighted people. Many people are becoming increasingly concerned about how they will make ends meet. Sight Loss Charities have come together as between us we can offer help and support.
Renewed Momentum for XLRP: MeiraGTx Targets Rapid Approval Path for bota-vec following reacquisition from Johnson and Johnson
It has recently been announced that Meira-GTx, who originally developed bota-vec and collaborated with J&J during its early clinical trials, have entered into an asset purchase agreement with J&J to acquire bota-vec and progress the program towards global regulatory filings for approval.
Research round-up, spring 2023
Progress towards treatments for inherited retinal conditions continues to gather pace and there’s been lots going on in the last few months, with more and more approaches being explored. This round-up gives a flavour of the variety of developments, including plenty that are not specific to a particular genetic fault.
Learning from your experiences
Thank you to all those who completed our recent Sight Loss Survey – almost 700 of you took the time to share your experiences.
Help to shape our future
Would you like to help shape Retina UK’s future? Do you want to ensure decision-makers understand the impact of inherited sight loss? If so we’d love to hear from you.
Hope for the future
In this article, we hear Colin's story and the reasons why he has hope for the future.
West Midlands Local Peer Support Group
Tuesday 21 April 2026, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - Via Zoom - Please come and join Perm and the group for their latest meeting where we are delighted to welcome our guest speaker Barrie Lane, IT & Assistive Technology Trainer at the Beacon Centre for the Blind.
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