Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

The Cooper Companies Inc. announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to acquire Sauflon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Drug-eluting contact lenses have been discussed as a potential treatment modality for decades but have yet to reach patients. To those researching and developing this novel drug delivery method, the lenses continue to represent a possibility of more efficient treatment for a multitude of ocular issues.

PHILADELPHIA – Bausch + Lomb announced here at Optometry’s Meeting that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing clearance for the company’s Biotrue OneDay for Presbyopia daily disposable multifocal.

PHILADELPHIA – Alcon announced the launch of Air Optix Colors, a new color silicone hydrogel, here at Optometry’s Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA – Here at Optometry’s Meeting, CooperVision announced the availability of a new mobile application designed to provide U.S. consumers with useful contact lens information as well as a tool for locating a nearby optometrist.

PHILADELPHIA – Johnson & Johnson Vision Care released statements here at Optometry’s Meeting regarding the company’s Acuvue Oasys brand and Acuvue Advance brand contact lenses.

The coefficient of friction of 1-Day Acuvue TruEye contact lenses (narafilcon A) and Acuvue Oasys contact lenses (senofilcon A) was reported to be comparable to a human cornea, according to a press release from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc.

Effective Aug. 2, Dave Sattler, FAAO, will retire from Alcon, the company recently announced in a press release.

Optical Polymer Research Inc. announced a collaboration with researchers from Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry to develop a new generation of antimicrobial contact lens materials.

Essilor inaugurated the Centre for Innovation and Technologies, an ophthalmic optics research campus, the company recently announced.