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Research Triangle Park-based biotechnology company Merakris Therapeutics is providing a new eye-care product to eye surgeons and their patients in the Carolinas and Texas, thanks to a partnership with Winston-Salem nonprofit Miracles in Sight.
Under the agreement, Merakris will supply its Opticyte Ophthalmic Repair Grafts to MIS-affiliated eye surgeons in North and South Carolina and Texas. MIS, originally known as the North Carolina Eye Bank, is one of the largest nonprofit eye banks in the world. It provides tissue for corneal transplants that restore, preserve and improve sight. The organization is associated with 70 eye clinics in the three states that will have ready access to Opticyte through the partnership, according to a news release from Merakris.