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keratitis

Response to NICE guidance on Ciclosporin for treating dry eye disease that has not improved despite treatment with artificial tears

Ciclosporin (1mg/ml, Ikervis®) is a sterile, positively charged, oil-in water, unpreserved ophthalmic emulsion for the treatment of severe keratitis in adult patients with dry eye disease, which has not improved despite treatment with tear substitutes. It is  administered as a once daily eye drop at bed time. The Royal College of Ophthalmologists welcomes the decision