Buzzonetti, Luca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3200-3260
Mazzotta, Cosimo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1829-9288
Iester, Michele
Pauklin, Mikk https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9282-0503
Boehringer, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9042-0508
Zemaitiene, Reda https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0757-1589
Vannucchi, Martino
Cocho, Lidia
Studeny, Pavel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-4074
Gavard, Amélie https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4957-6082
Monterosso, Cristina
Bremond-Gignac, Dominique https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3563-5482
Tekavcic Pompe, Manca https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3730-0229
Bourges, Jean-Louis https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7016-9819
Liskova, Petra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7834-8486
Funding for this research was provided by:
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (ERN-EYE 22-23)
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (101085439)
European Health and Digital Executive Agency (84498)
European Health and Digital Executive Agency (Project 101155859 — ERN-EYE 2023-2027)
Article History
Received: 15 May 2026
Accepted: 14 July 2026
First Online: 31 July 2026
Declarations
Conflict of Interest: Luca Buzzonetti, Cosimo Mazzotta, Michele Iester, Mikk Pauklin, Daniel Boehringer, Reda Zemaitiene, Martino Vannucchi, Lidia Cocho, Pavel Studeny, Amélie Gavard, Cristina Monterosso, Dominique Bremond-Gignac, Manca Tekavcic Pompe and Petra Liskova have nothing to disclose. Jean-Louis Bourges has consulted for Horus Pharma, Théa Pharma, KOL lab, Santen and SIFI.
Ethical Approval: This article is based on previously conducted studies and does not contain any new studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. All experts involved in the consensus process and vote were listed as co-authors on the manuscript and there were no external participants involved in the study. Therefore IRB approval was not required.