Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

NEW YORK – One-third of the population is presbyopic, Mile Brujic, OD, and Dave Kading, OD, FAAO, said, and optometrists have tools with which to preserve vision and improve comfort in contact lens wear.

NEW YORK – Essilor shared its latest news on its nonprofit arm, Essilor Vision Foundation, its continuing education offerings and the company’s direct-to-consumer rebate plan here at a press conference held during Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – The contact lenses of the future will go far beyond the correction of refractive error, according to a speaker here at the Global Contact Lens Forum, held prior to Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – In response to past outbreaks of Fusarium and Acanthamoeba in contact lens wearers, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed a website designed to promote healthy contact lens wear, according to a speaker here at the Global Contact Lens Forum held prior to Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – “The biggest single demand is for a good silicone hydrogel multifocal daily disposable, Nicholas J. Rumney, OD, told attendees here at the Global Contact Lens Forum, held prior to Vision Expo East.

Luxottica announced a partnership with Google to develop and engineer Glass products with high-fashion brands such as Ray-Ban and Oakley.

The National Advertising Division has recommended that Johnson & Johnson Vision Care discontinue a comparative advertising claim that Alcon Dailies Total1 “felt stuck to my eye.”

ATLANTA – Alcon has expanded its Dailies AquaComfort Plus line of contact lenses with the addition of toric and multifocal options, the company announced here at SECO.

ATLANTA – Bausch + Lomb introduced PeroxiClear, a peroxide-based cleaning and disinfecting lens solution, and Bausch + Lomb Ultra contact lens with MoistureSeal technology here at SECO.

Researchers found significantly fewer postoperative complications with contact lens use when compared to intraocular lens use in babies for treating congenital unilateral cataract in a study sponsored in part by the National Eye Institute.