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Vistakon launches daily disposable silicone hydrogel contact lens
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Vistakon announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of 1-Day Acuvue TruEye brand contact lenses made of silicone hydrogel material.
The 1-Day Acuvue TruEye lens, which combines narafilcon B silicone hydrogel material and Vistakon's proprietary Hydraclear 1 technology, is the first silicone hydrogel daily disposable lens to receive FDA approval, according to a press release from Vistakon.
This follows Vistakon's receipt of 1-year data from an ongoing, randomized, investigator-masked, parallel-group study comparing 94 patients wearing 1-Day Acuvue TruEye with patients who had never worn contact lenses. After 1 month of wear, 1-Day Acuvue TruEye lenses had no significant effect on the ocular surface of the eye compared with non-contact lens wearers across five of six lens-related eye health metrics.
In addition, the lenses provided a high level of all-day comfort comparable to wearing no lenses at all, the release said.
Vistakon plans to make the lenses available to eye care professionals in the U.S. later this month.
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