Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Enrollment is underway for a study evaluating the combined use of multifocal contact lenses and 0.01% atropine eye drops in the management of myopia in children, according to a research protocol published in the Eye & Contact Lens.

ATLANTA — CooperVision announced the U.S. and global launch of MyDay Energys contact lenses at SECO 100.

ATLANTA — Alcon’s vision care business grew 8% in 2022, the company announced at its 30th annual press event at SECO 100.

ATLANTA — In this video, Luis Rojas, OD, a practitioner in McKinney, Texas, explains how he chooses contact lenses by combining a patient’s objective findings from the comprehensive exam with subjective findings or visual task requirements.

Physically active adults and children preferred orthokeratology over spectacles for myopia management, although parents’ perception of corrective options differed from their children’s, according to data in Contact Lens and Anterior Eye.

More than 60 eye care organizations and 25,600 practitioners worldwide have accepted the Myopia Management Standard of Care Pledge challenge, a joint initiative created by the World Council of Optometry and CooperVision.

Visionary Optics has launched Europa Tangent, a new scleral lens that provides customizable design and a three-zone step-system for optimal fitting, the company announced in a company press release.

The WHO is modeling its new Training in Assistive Products program after VisionSpring’s global methodology to help health care workers in underserved countries identify presbyopia and distribute reading glasses to those in need.

Avulux and Axon Optics have partnered to expand access to the latest light management lens technology for people with migraines, Avulux announced in a press release.

Demand for eye wear and eye care remained steady throughout 2022, fueled in part by consumer purchase of sunglasses during the summer months, according to the latest Vision Council Consumer inSights Report.