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CooperCompanies announces revenue growth

CooperCompanies announces revenue growth

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…

An exciting step forward

An exciting step forward

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…

Hecht: Founder Dieter Muckenhirn dies at 81

Hecht: Founder Dieter Muckenhirn dies at 81

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…

Two-day specialty contact lens congress in Rome

Two-day specialty contact lens congress in Rome

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 reports financial results

Alcon reports financial results

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 names new Executive Director

Optometry Giving Sight names new Executive Director

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…

Wöhlk Contactlinsen receives MDR certificate

Wöhlk Contactlinsen receives MDR certificate

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 reports growth

Bausch + Lomb reports growth

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…

Cathleen McCabe joins Bausch + Lomb

Cathleen McCabe joins Bausch + Lomb

Bausch + Lomb Corporation has announced the addition of Cathleen McCabe, MD, as strategic medical advisor. In this new consultancy role, she will provide input into the expansion of Bausch + Lomb’s product portfolio and lend her expertise to the research and development team as it reloads the company’s pipeline, Bausch + Lomb said. Dr….

New VR education program

New VR education program

The American Academy of Ophthalmology, in partnership with FundamentalVR, a leader in immersive surgical training, has announced the launch of the Academy’s VR Education program, an initiative that harnesses the power of virtual reality (VR) to transform ophthalmic education and surgical training. Supported by a $5 million grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, the…