Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Prevent Blindness, as it designates October as Contact lens Safety Awareness Month, reminds consumers that the FDA regulates contact lenses as medical devices, and that prescriptions are always required for purchase.

by Deanna Alexander, OD, FAAO

LAS VEGAS – Moderator S. Barry Eiden, OD, FAAO, challenged representatives from the contact lens industry to share what their companies are working on for the future, here at the Global Contact Lens Forum during Vision Expo West.

CooperVision is accepting applications through Nov. 21 for its Best Practices program, which seeks to celebrate the nation’s best optometric practices based on their innovation, industry leadership and patient experience.

LAS VEGAS – The contact lens industry is looking beyond eye care and examining lifestyle changes to design products that provide patients with the best possible vision, according to panelists at the Global Contact Lens Forum here at Vision Expo West.

Super Optical announced that it will offer free replacement lenses to anyone, both customers and noncustomers, in North and South Carolina who needs their eye wear replaced in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

Alcon, a division of Novartis, unveiled its latest advancement in the training and education of eye care professionals, the Alcon Experience Academy.

CooperVision’s 4-year study results are promising for the company’s dual-focus myopia control 1-day soft contact lens in reducing the rate of progression of juvenile-onset myopia.

Think About Your Eyes announced that its summer campaign amassed 130 million media impressions.

Orthokeratology, or ortho-K, is the process of fitting special contact lenses to reshape the cornea. Ortho-K uses gas-permeable contact lenses designed to be worn overnight rather than during the day.