Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

ATLANTA – “The technology we have at our fingertips nowadays improves patient outcomes for some of the more complex contact lenses,” Jeffrey Sonsino, OD, said here at SECO. “It’s no longer sufficient to use the slit beam estimation technique to evaluate your vaulting lenses.”

Johnson & Johnson completed the acquisition of Abbott Medical Optics in an all-cash $4.325 billion payment, according to a J&J press release issued today.

Bausch + Lomb has discontinued its unilateral pricing policies for contact lenses in light of Utah’s Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act being upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

A scholarship memorial fund has been created in honor of Harue J. Marsden, OD, MS, FAAO, who passed away on Feb. 2 after battling breast cancer.

Daily disposable contact lenses fueled ABB Optical Group sales in 2016 which was a strong year for contact lens growth, according to a press release from the company.

For year-end 2016, Essilor reported earnings growth, expanded its operational and geographic reach and strengthened its leadership team, according to a press release from Essilor.

X-Cel specialty contacts announced the addition of two new lens options to its Atlantis Scleral product line.

Vino Optics has announced that Oxy-Iso Rx color correction lenses are now available to eye care professionals.

Bandage contact lenses are appropriate treatment for adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis-related ocular surface problems, according to researchers.

Corneoscleral contact lenses with multiaspheric geometry design provide good visual acuity and quality on irregular corneas after LASIK in myopic subjects, according to researchers.