Trends in Research Payments for Age-Related Macular Degeneration From 2015 to 2021.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate characteristics of industry and public research payments for age-related macular degeneration studies.

Materials And Methods: Studies involving "age-related macular degeneration" or "AMD" from 2015 to 2021 were extracted from the Open Payments Database and the National Eye Institute RePORTER tool and compared to each other.

Results: From 2015 to 2021, 620 ophthalmologists received $178,394,734.

Trends in Research Payments for Diabetic Macular Edema from 2015 to 2021.

Purpose: To evaluate characteristics of research payments for diabetic macular edema (DME) studies and correlations to current management trends.

Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Subjects: Research payments for DME.