Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Essilor consolidated revenue amounted to about $4.59 million in the first 6 months of 2017, an increase of 6.9% at constant exchange rates and 2.5% in like-for-like terms, the company reported.

Legislation recently passed in Connecticut specifies that an in-person eye examination is required for initial and renewed contact lens prescriptions.

Essilor and Luxottica are continuing their proposed combination with the antitrust process advancing in all jurisdictions, according to a joint press release.

WASHINGTON – A large study of children in China found that participation in more outdoor activities and having fewer myopic parents were both associated with a lower incidence of and less progressive myopia.

Individuals, agencies and organizations must take advantage of their positions to make a difference for the 21 million people in the U.S. with vision impairment, John E. Crews, DPA, accomplished researcher, author and vision disability advocate, said at the Focus on Eye Health National Summit.

WASHINGTON – Many legislators do not realize the importance of the doctor visit in prescribing contact lenses, Johnson & Johnson Vision’s Carol Alexander, OD, told students here at Optometry’s Meeting.

WASHINGTON – “Myopia is a disease that all of us as practitioners need to be proactively looking at what we can do,” Sally Dillehay, OD, chief medical officer of Visioneering Technologies, said after attending a workshop on myopia control here at Optometry’s Meeting.

WASHINGTON – Thomas Aller, OD, who participated in a joint U.S.-China panel on myopia control here at Optometry’s Meeting, said that the preferred method for myopia control in mainland China is orthokeratology.

WASHINGTON – The Think About Your Eyes public awareness campaign brought in 1.1 million new eye exams in 2016, Vision Council Chief Operating Officer, Ashley Mills, told the American Optometric Association House of Delegates here at Optometry’s Meeting.

Louise Sclafani, OD, FAAO, is joining SynergEyes as the vice president of professional affairs, according to a company press release.