Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

The American Optometric Association announced that it asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate 1-800 CONTACTS marketing of its online vision test.

Myopia is a serious global health concern. Today, well over 1 billion people around the world are struggling with the condition. This number is only expected to increase in the future, reaching nearly 5 billion by 2050.

NEW YORK – The Neurolens Office design combined with the contoured prism gives clinicians “the ability to solve many issues and symptoms our patients are having,” David Geffen, OD, said here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – Anterior segment OCT is “an area that’s truly expanded over the last several year,” and a “totally new metric that a year and a half ago we didn’t really have easy access to,” Mile Brujic, OD, said here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – Patients with trigeminal dysphoria, a condition that prevents the two eyes from working together and results in headache, eye strain and dry eye, are finding relief with spectacle lenses from Neurolens, according to co-inventor Jeffrey P. Krall, OD, here at Vision Expo East.

Novartis announced that its spinoff of Alcon is expected to be completed April 9.

A study published in Cornea showed that the ocular antihistamine ketotifen was effectively delivered via a contact lens also designed for visual correction.

NEW YORK – North, a young technology company, introduced its new smart glasses, Focals, here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – CooperVision unveiled the 2019 Best Practice honorees here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – Essilor of America launched two major products in the categories of refraction and photochromic lenses at a press conference held here during Vision Expo East.