Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

NEW YORK — Peter Menziuso, the newly appointed president to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care North America, discussed the organization’s decision to drop its UPP. 

NEW YORK — Jack Schaeffer, OD, participated in the Ocular Surface Disease and Wellness Symposium at Vision Expo East, which was co-sponsored by Primary Care Optometry News.

NEW YORK – Myopia is a disease, two speakers here at Vision Expo East said, and myopia progression should be managed.

NEW YORK – Leaders from five major contact lens companies agree that despite the controversy surrounding unilateral pricing policies, patient safety and the relationship between the doctor and the patient are the most important goals. They addressed this in a panel discussion at the Global Contact Lens Forum, which was held here during Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – “There are almost 120 million people in the U.S. who are eligible to wear contact lenses and do not,” Scot Morris, OD, said here at Vision Expo East.

Optometry Giving Sight co-hosted the official launch of the Our Children’s Vision Campaign at the Australian Consulate in New York, just prior to Vision Expo East, according to a press release from the group.

Last week’s blog addressed how the blue light discussion has progressed from fringe to more mainstream, with topics including age-related macular degeneration, sleep disruption and digital eye strain, and product ads including nutritional supplements, lens materials and coatings, and lighting.

The American Optometric Association announced its support for the Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016, introduced by Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-La.), to ensure more effective federal enforcement of contact lens patient health and prescription verification safeguards.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. announced that it has discontinued its unilateral pricing policy and is replacing it with new programs to ensure broad access and support the needs of patients, doctors and customers, according to a press release.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. presented data during the Netherlands Contact Lens Conference that showed 1-Day Acuvue Moist Brand Contact Lenses for astigmatism (etafilcon A) resulted in significant improvements to quality of life measures compared to its spherical soft contact lens equivalent for patients with astigmatism, according to a press release.