Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

The summer months had a higher frequency of infectious keratitis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa positivity, according to researchers in Eye & Contact Lens.

Bausch + Lomb announced it raised more than $40,000 in support of the 2016 World Sight Day Challenge, which will be donated to Optometry Giving Sight.

Alcon, a division of Novartis, announced that it is discontinuing the unilateral pricing policy for its contact lenses in light of a Utah district court’s decision to uphold the Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act.

SynergEyes Inc. is now offering the polymer coating, Tangible Hydra-PEG, on its Duette and Duette Progressive lenses, according to a press release.

Large-diameter scleral lenses settle into conjunctival tissue and may also compress deeper structures that produce resistance to aqueous humor outflow.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – “For toric lens wearers, visual performance is critical, since nearly half of all patients wearing toric contact lenses experience blurriness, fluctuating vision, visual distortion and feelings of tired eyes,” lead researcher Kieron Mathews, BSc, MBA, said, regarding his poster presented at the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting.

CooperVision Inc. announced that its worldwide employees raised $164,000 for Optometry Giving Sight in support of the World Sight Day Challenge, according to a press release.

Eighty-two percent of subjects chose personalized progressive-addition lenses as their favorite over conventional PALs, in a double-blind study of 51 subjects.

Hoya Vision Care announced a definitive agreement to acquire the safety prescription eye wear business of 3M, which has more than 90 years of experience in North America, according to a press release.

The National Optometric Association and Transitions Optical Inc. have released an educational paper titled “Eyes on millennials: The most culturally diverse generation,” which summarizes highlights from a panel that took place during the NOA’s annual convention in Chicago, according to a press release from Transitions.