Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Centerbridge Partners and HVHC, a subsidy of Highmark, have completed their agreement for Centerbridge to purchase Davis Vision, HVHC’s managed vision care subsidiary.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Academy of Optometry have joined the CDC and its other partners to promote Contact Lens Health Week, Aug. 21 to 25.

My Eyelab announced the signing of an 18-location, multi-unit franchise deal to expand operations across the Atlanta metro area.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to Bausch + Lomb for the therapeutic use of its Boston XO and Boston XO2 materials in treating several ocular surface diseases.

Currently ongoing, the Bifocal Lenses In Nearsighted Kids study is a 3-year, NIH-sponsored, double-masked, randomized clinical trial to determine whether soft multifocal contact lenses slow myopia progression.

Aug. 21 through Aug. 25 the eye care industry will recognize Contact Lens Health Week, sponsored by the CDC.

Waldo, a new e-commerce venture in the U.K., launched this week, delivering daily contact lenses direct to the consumer via an online shopping experience.

Optometry Giving Sight announced that the 2017 World Sight Day Challenge will run through World Sight Day on Oct. 12.

Doctors found a hard mass of 17 contact lenses bound by mucus in a 67-year-old woman who presented for cataract surgery.

Blue light-blocking eyeglasses may reduce eye fatigue associated with computer use, according to a study.