The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has announced the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) as its newest professional association member. This partnership expands GMAC’s global network and strengthens its efforts to raise awareness and promote action on childhood myopia worldwide, the association stated. BCLA plays a key role in advancing education, knowledge sharing and professional…
Bausch + Lomb Corporation (NYSE/TSX: BLCO), a global eye health company, has announced that an affiliate has acquired Elios Vision, Inc., developer of the ELIOS procedure, a clinically validated, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) procedure. According to Bausch + Lomb, the acquisition offers opportunities to treat glaucoma effectively in conjunction with cataract surgery without implants…
CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO), a global medical device company operating through two business units, CooperVision and CooperSurgical, announced revenue growth for both its fiscal fourth quarter and for fiscal 2024 ended October 31, 2024. The company reported fourth quarter revenue of $1,018.4 million, up 10 percent from last year’s fourth quarter, up 9 percent in constant…
BostonSight announced it has published a groundbreaking study: “Utilizing PROSE as a Drug Delivery Device for Preservative-Free Cyclosporine 0.05% for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease: A Pilot Study” in the journal Clinical Ophthalmology. “The publication of this landmark open-label, prospective, non-comparative clinical trial highlights the investigative approach, concepts, and many important scientific questions regarding…
Mourning for a great personality Dieter Muckenhirn is considered the inventor of the aspherical contact lens. Together with partners, he founded Hecht Contactlinsen GmbH in 1978. He passed away on November 5. The management and employees of the contact lens manufacturer bid him farewell in an obituary. “It is with deep regret that we bid…
From November 23 to 24, 2024, everything in Rome will revolve around specialty contact lenses. It is the only international meeting of its kind in Europe and will bring together opinion leaders from 25 countries in the field of specialty contact lenses to share their experiences, research results and innovative ideas. The event will be…
Alcon has reported its financial results for the 3- and 9-month periods ending September 30, 2024, demonstrating a 6 percent increase in sales to $2.4 billion on a reported and constant currency basis for the third quarter, as compared with the same quarter of the previous year. Sales for the first nine months of 2024…
Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) has named Donna J. Mikulecky, CPA, as the organization’s executive director. She replaces retiring executive director Lois Schoenbrun, FAAO, who has served in the role since April 2022. Mikulecky has more than 25 years of experience leading health care organizations, most recently as chief operating officer of Vision Source. Before taking…
It’s done and a real milestone in the 77-year history of the northern German contact lens manufacturer: Wöhlk Contactlinsen GmbH has received the MDR certificate. The European Medical Device Regulation (MDR; Regulation 2017/745) has been in force since May 2021, replacing the two previous European medical device directives MDD and AIMDD. The certification was a…
Bausch + Lomb announced yesterday that revenue in the third quarter of 2024 grew 19 percent to $1.196 billion compared with $1.007 billion in the third quarter of 2023, an increase of $189 million. Excluding the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange of $5 million, revenue increased by approximately 19 percent on a constant currency basis…
