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Science Corporation launches PRIMA retinal implant in Europe

Entities: Max Hodak, PRIMA, Science Corporation

It restores central vision in dry macular degeneration patients

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Science Corporation launches PRIMA retinal implant in Europe

Entities: Max Hodak, PRIMA, Science Corporation

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SC Science Corporation@ScienceCorp_

6:08 AM · Jul 22, 2026

Today marks the European launch of PRIMA, the first and only treatment to be commercially available that restores functional central vision to patients with geographic atrophy caused by dry age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. The first European commercial implant of PRIMA is expected soon.

JG Jonathan Gorard@getjonwithit

11:13 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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@maxhodak_ Huge congratulations, man!

SB scott belsky@scottbelsky

10:50 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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@maxhodak_ Incredible.

JK Jacob Kimmel@jacobkimmel

10:43 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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@maxhodak_ congratulations! continually inspired by you & @ScienceCorp_

BB Blake Byers@byersblake

10:39 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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@maxhodak_ Congrats @maxhodak_ !

CB Chad Byers@chadbyers

10:18 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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@maxhodak_ congrats max and team!

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Users congratulate the PRIMA retinal implant team on its CE Mark approval in Europe as a huge achievement and major step forward for neurotechnology and vision restoration.

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JC Jacques Carolan@JacquesCarolan

1:26 PM · Jul 22, 2026

@maxhodak_ hell yeah — huge congrats to the whole team

AG Akash Guru@Akash_Guru_

1:33 PM · Jul 22, 2026

@maxhodak_ Congrats! This is amazing.

JG Jonathan Gorard@getjonwithit

11:13 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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@maxhodak_ Huge congratulations, man!

JK Jason Kelly@jrkelly

10:50 AM · Jul 22, 2026

@maxhodak_ Woohoo!!! Congrats Max! 🎉🎉

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MH Max Hodak@maxhodak_

10:13 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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Medicine gives us endless hard problems to solve, and a key to our thesis is that often the best answers will come from technologies that allow us to avoid needing to solve some of these difficult biology problems in the first place. We can't regenerate photoreceptors, but we can inject a visual signal into the retina and get it into the brain, just like cochlear implants do for hearing. There is a contrarian lens on all of medicine in this perspective that I think will turn out to apply to more diseases than it may appear at first!

MH Max Hodak@maxhodak_

10:13 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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We also have parallel news on the US, where we've received Humanitarian Use Device designation from FDA, which means we can use the Humanitarian Device Exemption approval pathway. While it's uncertain, it's possible PRIMA could be available in the US early to mid next year for very late stage vision loss patients. https://science.xyz/news/hud-designation/

MH Max Hodak@maxhodak_

10:13 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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Big news today. Science's PRIMA visual prosthesis, our retinal implant for macular degeneration, has received its CE mark, which means marketing approval in Europe. This is a huge milestone to begin to have a device like this commercially available to regular patients. 1/

MH Max Hodak@maxhodak_

10:13 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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It will roll out by country, and initially we're planning to start slow. We want surgeons to get practiced with the procedure and learn from each other before we start trying to push for scale. More information will be available soon on specifics. 2/ https://science.xyz/news/ce-mark/

MH Max Hodak@maxhodak_

10:36 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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PRIMA has a website of its own now, too: https://prima.science.xyz/

SB scott belsky@scottbelsky

10:50 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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@maxhodak_ Incredible.

BB Blake Byers@byersblake

10:39 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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@maxhodak_ Congrats @maxhodak_ !

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Users congratulate the PRIMA retinal implant team on its CE Mark approval in Europe as a huge achievement and major step forward for neurotechnology and vision restoration.

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Science Corp. Announces European Commercial Launch of PRIMA, the Only Treatment to Restore Functional Central Vision to Patients with Geographic Atrophy Caused by Age-Related Macular Degeneration, a Leading Cause of Blindness | Science Corporation(Science Corporation)viaMax Hodak

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