Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

The American Optometric Association kicked off its annual “31 in 31” letter writing campaign to warn sellers and wearers about the risks of unprescribed decorative contact lenses.

CooperVision launched a website to highlight the company’s sustainability efforts.

Travis Rush, founder and CEO of Sightbox, and Brad Smith, OD, spoke with Primary Care Optometry News about the dangers of wearing nonprescribed cosmetic contact lenses, like those used as part of Halloween costumes, and said the biggest offenders are often current contact lens wearers who underestimate the risks involved.

Visioneering Technologies Inc. has partnered with Medilens Nordic AB to enter the European Market.

Opternative Inc. announced its new ability to route a patient’s online vision test results to a web portal.

Johnson & Johnson Vision, ABB Optical Group and Essilor of America are three of the companies participating in World Sight Day, a day dedicated to bringing global attention to blindness and vision impairment, according to press releases from the companies.

Thirty-one members of Congress from California have joined other legislators opposing the FTC proposal mandating that contact lens prescribers, including optometrists and ophthalmologists, obtain a signed patient acknowledgment receipt with each new contact lens prescription.

LAS VEGAS – Edian Little, Alcon’s director of marketing for Air Optix and lens care, explains that the company hosted a technician and optician beauty summit here at Vision Expo West.

LAS VEGAS – “We recognize how important technicians are to our business and to their business,” Stacie Sherman said here at Vision Expo West.

LAS VEGAS – Valerie Kenwell, manager/lead optician at Doctor Eyecare, Dallas, said she came to the Alcon beauty summit here at Vision Expo West to learn tools to take back to her office to share with other technicians on educating patients about color contact lenses.