Optics News

ORLANDO — One year after its launch, the World Council of Optometry CooperVision Myopia Management Navigator app is being used in more than 100 countries spanning the globe, according to the Americas ambassador for the program.

Healthy individuals with an induced transient increase in IOP experienced temporary axial elongation and subfoveal choroidal thinning, regardless of whether they had a refractive error, according to a study in Optometry and Vision Science.

Children who wore soft multifocal contact lenses for myopia control had no loss of treatment effect after discontinuing the lenses as teenagers, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

OCS-05 met safety and efficacy endpoints in the treatment of acute optic neuritis in a phase 2 trial, according to a press release from Oculis.

Red light therapy, a relatively new treatment option, has made waves recently as studies investigate its potential for controlling myopia in children.

Low-level red light therapy was superior to orthokeratology lenses at slowing myopia progression in children in the first year of treatment, though the difference was not significant in the second year, according to study results.

Every year Healio covers a wide range of optometry-related news from the FDA, and 2024 was no exception.

This year saw several innovations in contact lenses, including tinted lenses for athletes and the new Clariti multifocal lens by CooperVision.

INDIANAPOLIS — Alcon’s new Precision7 1-week contact lens strikes the balance between eye care providers’ preference for daily disposable lenses and patients’ desire for a more cost-effective solution, according to Kristen Brotherson.

INDIANAPOLIS — High-energy visible light-filtering multifocal lenses reduced glare disability and discomfort without affecting color perception, according to research presented at Academy 2024.