Nutrition News

KD Pharma Group is partnering with Nutriceutical Holdings, parent company of Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals, by investing in the company, becoming the largest shareholder with options to acquire the entire company.

Alcon, a division of Novartis, announced the launch of a chewable vitamin to support eye health in people with age-related macular degeneration.

MacuHealth and its CEO, Frederic Jouhet, have filed a lawsuit against Medop Health, the manufacturer of MaxiVision Meso Plus Formula, citing false advertising and faulty manufacturing in relation to that product, according to a press release from MacuHealth.

PupilBox, a start-up company, announced a $25,000 Kickstarter campaign to bring to market its “visual lifestyle system” to provide several options for blue light protection needs.

Researchers suggest that coenzyme Q10 eye drops can be considered an important adjuvant therapeutic agent promoting corneal epithelial wound healing in challenging cases of refractory corneal ulcers, according to a study published in Eye & Contact Lens.

NEW YORK – Results from the Central Retinal Enrichment Supplementation Trials (CREST) show that the use of lutein, zeaxanthin and mesozeaxanthin supplementation improved vision in nondiseased eyes as well as those with early age-related macular degeneration, according to John Nolan, PhD, here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – Kemin Health’s Dick Roberts, PhD, said here at Vision Expo East that blue light has the potential for creating substantial damage in the eye throughout a lifetime.

Bausch + Lomb announced it has resolved the patent infringement lawsuit against Vitamin Health Inc. filed in September 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

The relationship between oxidative stress and visual field loss may be strongest in relatively young patients with open-angle glaucoma, according to a study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The autoimmune formula is made up of a patient’s genes, infections, the microbiome/gut and environment, according to Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FONS, at the Ocular Nutrition Society, held meeting prior to the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting.