Vistakon launches daily disposable silicone hydrogel

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 at Optometry's Meeting here.

The 1-Day Acuvue TruEye lens, which combines narafilcon B silicone hydrogel material and Vistakon's proprietary Hydraclear 1 technology, is the first F silicone hydrogel daily disposable lens to receive FDA approval, according to a press release from Vistakon.

This follows Vistakons receipt of one-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 to 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.