Heidelberg Engineering is joining the Collaborative Community on Ophthalmic Innovation (CCOI) – a public–private forum that convenes patients, clinicians, researchers, regulators, industry, and payors to speed the development, evaluation, and adoption of ophthalmic medical products.
As part of the program, Heidelberg Engineering will participate in CCOI’s age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and glaucoma streams, working with partners to align on clinically meaningful endpoints, interoperable data standards, and pathways that help promising technologies reach patients sooner – without compromising safety or quality.
“Heidelberg Engineering has built its reputation on high-quality, multimodal ophthalmic imaging that is trusted across routine care, clinical studies, and vision-science research,” said Kfir Azoulay, Managing Director of Heidelberg Engineering, who will be appointed to represent the company within the CCOI working groups. “By engaging in CCOI’s workstreams in general, and AMD and glaucoma in particular, we aim to contribute our imaging and data expertise to consensus efforts on endpoints, validation frameworks, and real-world deployment so that innovative diagnostics and therapies can be responsibly integrated into care.”
Heidelberg Engineering will contribute to the AMD and Glaucoma workstreams – bringing decades of strength in imaging and data to help accelerate innovation in eye care
Heidelberg Engineering joins CCOI as part of its parent company EssilorLuxottica’s Vision Architect membership – CCOI’s highest level of industry participation.
“At EssilorLuxottica, our commitment to science is measured in deeds, not words,” said Dr Norbert Gorny, Chief Science Officer (CSO) of EssilorLuxottica. “Joining CCOI at the highest level reflects that commitment and our belief in collaborative, evidence-based progress. We will bring representation from across our group to this effort, and we’re especially pleased that Heidelberg Engineering will contribute to the AMD and Glaucoma workstreams – bringing decades of strength in imaging and data to help accelerate innovation in eye care.”
Advancing a Shared Agenda
- Alignment on endpoints and study design. Heidelberg Engineering will support CCOI efforts to define and validate patient-centered, clinically meaningful measures – particularly those leveraging structural and functional imaging – to de-risk clinical development for various ocular pathologies.
- Data quality, standards, and interoperability. Building on its experience with multimodal OCT/SLO platforms and longitudinal datasets, Heidelberg Engineering will contribute to standards initiatives that improve data fidelity, reproducibility, and cross-site comparability.
- Ethical, real-world deployment of AI and digital tools. Heidelberg Engineering will engage in CCOI dialogs on artificial intelligence (AI) evaluation, reference standards, and implementation science to ensure AI-enabled workflows improve access, equity, and outcomes.
- Education and awareness. Together with CCOI partners, Heidelberg Engineering will help promote evidence-based best practices and expand awareness of vision science advances across clinical, regulatory, and patient communities.
