Alcon, a global eye care company known for products such as Systane and GenTeal Tears, plans to launch Tryptyr in the U.S.

Eye-care drugmaker Alcon said on Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its treatment for dry eye disease (DED).

Six years after being spun out from Novartis and becoming a public company, eye care specialist Alcon has gained its first ...

The active ingredient in Tryptyr is acoltremon, an agonist of transient receptor potential melastatin 8 thermoreceptors.

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Ointments have the advantage of increased dwell time in the eye, but often patients and parents of children prefer drops, and no therapeutic advantage of one over the other has been demonstrated.

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