Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

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.

Kubota Vision Inc. announced it completed a myopia control wearable prototype based on Kubota Glasses technology.

Results from a comparative study including contact lens wearers with and without lens-related dry eye showed similar high patient acceptance of Infuse daily disposable contact lenses for improved comfort and vision.

Researchers found low complication rates in children wearing soft contact lenses for myopia management, according to a study published in Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics.