Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed a spectacle lens that slowed myopia progression by 60% and halted progression in 21.5% of Chinese children in a randomized controlled trial, according to a press release from the university.

Opternative Inc. announced that is has partnered with Lensabl to provide access to online prescription renewal technology on the Lensabl.com website.

ABB Optical Group shared data indicating that eye care practices that ship soft contact lenses directly to patients outpace the national average for dollar growth.

At this year’s Transitions Academy, Transitions Optical and the Center for Generation Kinetics released survey results that found consumer lens choices are largely influenced by eye care professionals.

Sun wear manufacturer Maui Jim has introduced a line of frames for ophthalmic lenses.

A major goal from the recent FTC workshop on the Contact Lens Rule was to evaluate changes in the contact lens marketplace that may create opportunities to obtain lenses safely and at competitive prices, according to Thomas B. Pahl, acting director at the Bureau of Consumer Protection.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to EyeGate Pharmaceuticals for its iontophoretic contact lens, the company announced in a press release.

The Healthcare Alliance for Patient Safety requested quantity limitations and elimination of robocalls and signed acknowledgment forms in its comments submitted to the FTC on the Contact Lens Rule.

Contact lenses incorporating negative spherical aberration do not improve vision in nonpresbyopic adult myopes, according to a study conducted at the Brien Holden Vision Institute in Sydney, Australia.

The Vision Council, the ANSI ASC Z80 secretariat, announced the revision of Z80 standards for nonprescription sunglasses and fashion eye wear.