Contact Lenses News

SEATTLE — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, Marjorie Rah, OD, PhD, FAAO, discusses a poster that investigated Biotrue Hydration Plus Multipurpose solution from Bausch + Lomb.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS, discusses how a soft contact lens may deliver medication to the front of the eye as an alternative to eye drops.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care announced that the FDA has approved its Acuvue Theravision with Ketotifen daily disposable contact lenses.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2022, Michelle K. Rhee, MD, discusses the importance of contact lenses in serving younger patients.

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved Johnson & Johnson Vision’s Acuvue Theravision with Ketotifen, a drug-releasing combination contact lens designed for both vision correction and allergic eye itch relief.

AZR-MD-001, under investigation for the treatment of contact lens discomfort, has reached the primary endpoints in the phase 2 ECLIPTIC study, according to a press release from Azura Ophthalmics.

As questions and mixed information about how to remain safe during the COVID-19 pandemic continue to circle online, the CDC and data from a new peer-reviewed paper by five prominent ocular scientists confirm that healthy individuals can continue to wear contact lenses.

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A study published in Cornea showed that the ocular antihistamine ketotifen was effectively delivered via a contact lens also designed for visual correction.