Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Visionary Optics has launched its new product line, VibrantVue, a high-quality cost-effective eye care line for practitioners and patients, according to a press release.

The comfort scores calculated for three types of toric contact lenses correlated with subjective vision quality and lens type, according to study results published in Contact Lens and Anterior Eye.

CooperCompanies and EssilorLuxottica announced a partnership to accelerate commercialization of SightGlass Vision spectacle lenses, which are designed to slow the progression of myopia in children, according to press releases from the companies.

Alcon introduced Precision1 for Astigmatism, the company’s first daily disposable silicone hydrogel toric lens in the U.S.

Johnson & Johnson Vision released a new guide for eye care professionals and patients with research-based recommendations for assessing, monitoring and treating myopia, especially in children.

With myopia on the rise, optometrists find themselves on the front lines of the epidemic. Myopia management has gained traction in the U.S. in the past several years and has remained a hot topic in optometry today.

The contact lens market was the only major optical market to grow, generating $4.42 billion in revenue for a 1.1% year-over-year increase despite an overall vision care market decrease of 14.2%, according to the Vision Council’s VisionWatch report.

Contact lens sensors that recorded ocular dimensional changes among patients with primary open-angle glaucoma are useful to identify risk for progression, according to research published in the Journal of Glaucoma.

The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations requested that the Federal Trade Commission delay the effective date for the Contact Lens Rule until March 31, 2021.

With the CDC and the WHO now recommending that face masks be worn to help curb the spread of COVID-19, millions of eyeglass wearers are discovering the nuisance of mask-induced foggy lenses.