Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Diquafosol ophthalmic solution can be used as a monotherapy for dry eye in patients wearing contacts or with concomitant meibomian gland dysfunction or conjunctivochalasis, according to research in Clinical Ophthalmology.

AEA Investors entered into a definitive agreement to gain a majority interest of 1-800 CONTACTS Inc. from Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP, who remains a significant shareholder in the company.

Researchers observed a higher fluconazole release in the vial compared with an eye model, as well as differences in drug release among contact lens materials.

According to new study data from SynergEyes, 82% of toric wearers reveal that they frequently experience challenges with their toric lenses.

The Brien Holden Vision Institute announced the appointment of Kovin Naidoo to chief executive officer, which follows his interim CEO position after the passing of Brien Holden, PhD, DSc, OAM, in July 2015.

The Vision Council announced that the American National Standards Institute has published the 2015 revision of Standard Z80.1, Prescription of Ophthalmic Lenses – Recommendations.

The late Brien A. Holden, PhD, DSc, OAM, and colleagues recommended formal inclusion of near vision impairment in the World Health Organization’s international statistical classification of diseases as a crucial step in improving uncorrected presbyopia worldwide, in a paper from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

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Essilor announced that it acquired a majority interest in the Professional Eyecare Resource Co-Operative and Infinity Vision Alliance, which is a group purchasing organization comprising more than 2,400 independent eye care practices in the U.S.

An analysis of nearly 90,000 adults in the U.K. indicates that first-born individuals were 10% more likely to have myopia and 20% more likely to have high myopia than their younger siblings.