Contact Lenses News

SAN DIEGO — Women are more likely to express dissatisfaction with contact lenses, but men are more likely to drop out of contact lens wear, according to Kathryn Richdale, OD.

SAN DIEGO — Contact lens-related dryness is a distinct condition from dry eye in non-lens-wearing patients, said one presenter here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

Soft contact lenses made with senofilcon A are “associated with a reduction in discomfort, dryness and other commonly reported problems associated with contact lens wear,” according to study results announced in a press release from Johnson & Johnson.

SAN DIEGO — CIBA Vision has “temporarily halted production of all lens care products due to some human error and lack of production processes,” Karen Gough, president of CIBA Vision’s Americas Region, said here at a press conference during the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Several companies announced product launches during an association-sponsored press conference during the American Academy of Optometry meeting here.

The corneal infection rate associated with 30-day extended-wear contact lenses made from silicone hydrogel is comparable to rates reported with older lens types worn for fewer consecutive 24-hour periods, according to a study.

CIBA Vision initiated a recall last month on one lot of its Aquify eye drops, citing a lack of assurance of sterility at the time of manufacture, according to information from the Food and Drug Administration.

Patients with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration may experience a comfortable and visually successful fit with bitoric gas-permeable contact lenses, according to Charles E. Dominguez, OD, and colleagues.

For the best results with customized refractive surgery, a combination of wavefront and topographical analysis of the eye’s optical errors is needed, according to one optics expert.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — ReNu with MoistureLoc, a multipurpose contact lens solution, has gained approval from U.S. regulators to change its labeling to include a specific reference to silicone hydrogel contact lenses, according to maker Bausch & Lomb.