Recent Events

The Washington Advisory Group Conducts Fourth Workshop on Eye Disease and Related Therapies

The fourth in a series of workshops on eye disease and related therapies was conducted by the Washington Advisory Group, June 11-14, 2005 at Rancho Valencia in California.  The topic of this programs is “Eye Diseases in Divergent Populations” Twenty eminent experts in the field of ophthalmology participated in the discussions.  The group focused on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical management of Myopia, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, and Age Related Macular Degeneration.  The meeting and report is co-chaired by Drs. Gerald Chader of the Doheny Eye Institute and Bronwyn Bateman of the Rocky Mountain Eye Institute.

A report on the workshop meeting will be published later this year and will be available on this website under Publications, as are the reports on previous workshops entitled:  Vision for the Future:  Moving Glaucoma Research Results into Clinical Practice, Preserving Central Vision: An Action Plan to Improve Understanding and Treatment of Macular Degeneration, and Emerging Therapies for Diseases of the Retina and Optic Nerve. 

The Washington Advisory Group is Now an LECG Company

On October 8, 2004, The Washington Advisory Group was acquired by California-based LECG Corporation, a leading provider of expert services. ”The Washington Advisory Group is pleased to join LECG as it enables us to offer LECG's intellectual property management and economics expertise to our clients," said Bruce R. Guile, managing director of the Washington Advisory Group, an LECG company. "For our clients, the transition to becoming part of LECG will be seamless. The same individuals will continue to provide high value-added advisory services but now from a much broader base." For more information, view the LECG press release.



The Washington Advisory Group Study for University of Texas Institutions Accepted by the Board of Regents

The Board of Regents of the University System of Texas approved the study completed by The Washington Advisory Group recommending how eight UT System universities can improve and expand their research capacity. In a press release issued May 13, 2004, Board Chairman Charles Miller called the study “one of the most important reports we’ve ever gotten.” Click here to view the full press release. The full report is available on the UT website at http://www.utsystem.edu/news/wag/.