Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

North American soft contact lens wearers wore fewer toric and multifocal designs and reported longer average and uncomfortable wearing times, compared to those in the U.K., according to researchers in Optometry and Vision Science.

The Federal Trade Commission has sued 1-800 CONTACTS, “alleging that it unlawfully orchestrated and now maintains a web of anticompetitive agreements with rival online contact lens sellers that suppress competition in certain online search advertising auctions,” the FTC announced in a press release.

The Coalition for Patient Vision Care Safety took its message to the Federal Trade Commission Aug. 3 during the FTC’s review of the public comments on the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act of 2004.

Contact lens wearers who chose to have LASIK are more satisfied with their vision a year postoperatively and most satisfied after 2 to 3 years, according to a recent study in Ophthalmology.

Online retailer 1-800 CONTACTS now offers its customers a way to obtain a contact lens prescription online through the use of a smart phone and a computer.

The national Think About Your Eyes campaign has reached a milestone of 2.5 million visitors to its website since its launch.

GSRx launched its Proper Optics Eyewear line of frames and lenses for independent practices as an affordable and quality option to maintain private-pay patients as regular customers.

The Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016 was written to strengthen the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act “to preserve access to accurate information and the contact lenses patients need,” according to the sponsor of the legislation

Alcon introduced Dailies Total1 Multifocal contact lenses, which are designed to address end-of-day dryness and discomfort experienced by wearers after age 40.

Daily disposable contact lenses make up 37% of overall lens sales among independent eye care providers; however, this market is underdeveloped, according to ABB Optical.