Regulatory/Legislative News

The FDA has issued 510(k) clearance of Alleye, a mobile medical software application, Oculocare medical announced in a press release.

DENVER – The American Optometric Association’s House of Delegates passed seven resolutions here at Optometry’s Meeting, one of which involves drivers’ licensing.

The Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society announced that eye care professionals are returning to Congress July 11 to explain the impact that the group’s Dry Eye Workshop II report has on clinical practice and research.

DENVER - Douglas Benoit, OD, executive director of professional affairs at Visioneering Technologies, discusses the National Academies of Practice, and its Optometry Academy, which strive to make a difference in patient care and access.

DENVER – The Vision Impact Institute is finalizing a study on commercial driver safety in India, global executive director, Kristan Gross, told Primary Care Optometry News here at Optometry’s Meeting.

DENVER – AOAExcel, which was created in 2012 as an American Optometric Association member benefit, has increased its support of the organization, AOAExcel chairman of the board, Joe Ellis, OD, told the AOA House of Delegates here at Optometry’s Meeting.

DENVER – Samuel D. Pierce, OD, of Alabama, assumed the presidency of the American Optometric Association here at Optometry’s Meeting.

The FDA has issued a close-out letter to STAAR Surgical, lifting a 2014 warning regarding the manufacture of Visian Implantable Collamer Lens devices, the company announced in a press release.

Eyenovia Inc. has announced that two additional patent applications have received Notices of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Johnson & Johnson Vision’s iDESIGN Refractive Studio LASIK platform has been approved by the FDA, according to a press release.