Contact Lenses News

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Citing overwhelming demand for its PureVision SVS contact lens in the United States, Bausch & Lomb is re-evaluating the timing of the U.S. launch of its PureVision Toric contact lens, the company announced in a press release. The toric lens had been scheduled for U.S. launch this summer, the company said.

There is no doubt that our refractive results are better than they have ever been, in large part because of improved diagnostics and ablation profiles from the manufacturers. We owe a lot to wavefront analysis and custom lasers. Also, as Jack T. Holladay, MD, MSEE, has long pointed out, we now know we should be looking at the shape of the cornea to help define the ideal optics.

CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France — Essilor has signed an agreement to purchase Johnson & Johnson Vision Care’s ophthalmic lens business, Essilor said in a press release.

Keeping the budget of your practice’s optical shop in the black can be a difficult task, but the process can be simplified by reviewing expenses regularly every month, according to one expert.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A “sport-tinted” contact lens designed to aid visual performance in athletic settings has received U.S. marketing clearance, according to the marketer.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Intrastromal corneal ring segments were helpful in treating contact lens-intolerant patients with pellucid marginal degeneration, according to a study.

De acuerdo a una oftalmóloga los lentes de contacto permanecen como una alternativa muy adecuada para mejorar la visión luego de cirugía refractiva.

Lentes de contato continuam a ser alternativas extremamente viáveis para melhora visual após cirurgias refrativas, de acordo com uma oftalmologista.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A silicone hydrogel daily wear contact lens for people with astigmatism is now available in the United States, according to marketer Vistakon.

BASEL, Switzerland — Net sales in specialty medicines for pharmaceutical giant Novartis were 20% higher in the first quarter of 2005 than in the same quarter in 2004, the company announced in a press release.