Glaucoma drug breakthrough shows eye drop promise
University of Iowa researchers unveiled aminozolamide as an eye drop that lowers inner eye pressure without systemic side effects. Pilot data from 18 patients, funded mainly by the NIH, show rapid pressure reduction with further trials and FDA approval expected in several years. Alcon backs development with Mayo Clinic trials already underway.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Ronald Schoenwald
U of I Pharmaceutics
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Archives of Ophthalmology
Schoenwald
U of
Charles Barfknecht
U of I College of Pharmacy
United States
U of I
University of California-Davis
U of I Ophthalmology Department
Barfknecht
Alcon
Mayo Clinic
Mills pleads innocent in Oran bank robbery case
Thurman Robert Mills Jr. of Jesup pleaded innocent in Fayette District Court to 11 felony charges stemming from the April 2 First National Bank of Oelwein branch robbery in Oran. Trial set for July 16. bond kept at 100000. Court appoints attorney T David Katsumes.
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Robert Mills Jr
Jesup
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First National Bank of Oelwein
Oran
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Masked bank holdup rocks Britt First State Bank
A masked white man about 5 feet 1 inch tall, 160 pounds, wearing a black Halloween mask robbed the First State Bank in Britt at about 10:30 a.m. taking an undisclosed amount of cash. Authorities called in the FBI. no getaway vehicle description available. Britt lies 35 miles west of Mason City, Iowa.
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First State Bank
Britt
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Mason City
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