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CooperVision acquires specialty lens supplier, EnsEyes

rhiannon bowman — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 01:39:31 +0000

Digital illustration of EnsEyes' tomography custom lens, Senso Unico. Image: EnsEyes

CooperVision has acquired EnsEyes, the leading supplier of orthokeratology and scleral contact lenses in Europe’s Nordic region. The company will operate within the CooperVision Specialty EyeCare group. Headquartered
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CooperVision steps up sustainability commitment in Australia and New Zealand

rhiannon bowman — Tue, 10 May 2022 21:27:18 +0000

Plastic Bank's collection station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

All CooperVision one-day contact lenses distributed in Australia and New Zealand are now plastic neutral, the company has announced. The initiative is made possible through a global partnership with Plastic
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Streamlining the optometric Medicare schedule

Myles Hume — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:56:48 +0000

With optometrists performing three-quarters of all eye exams in Australia, the optometric Medicare schedule has a major bearing on the quality of eye health in this country. Insight
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Long-term study shows daily disposables ‘have minimal effect’ on children’s ocular physiology

Myles Hume — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 03:30:25 +0000

The international, multire-centre trial followed 144 children.

Recently published results of an extensive study into the physiological response to daily disposable soft contact lenses are adding to a growing body of evidence in support of contact lens wear in children
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Telling it like it is: kids and contact lenses

rhiannon bowman — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 02:48:56 +0000

A multitude of studies both on self-esteem and myopia control show kids as young as eight can manage contact lenses safely and competently. Insight speaks with eyecare practitioners and
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Warby Parker launches its own contact lens

Myles Hume — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 23:07:35 +0000

Warby Parker has marked its arrival to the contact lens market with its new Scout product.

US-based online retailer of prescription spectacles Warby Parker has entered a new section of the ophthalmic market with its own brand of contact lenses. Called Scout, the daily disposable lens has been
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Presbyopia: New clinical data reveals benefits of multifocal contact lens technology

Myles Hume — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:46:05 +0000

ASX-listed contact lens manufacturer Visioneering Technologies (VTI) has been encouraged by new clinical data examining the performance of its soft multifocal contact lens in ‘mature presbyopes’. At
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Misconceptions and quirks of Australians unveiled in new eye health survey

Myles Hume — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:00:08 +0000

Australia’s spending and hygiene habits have been laid bare in a survey that casts a new light on the country’s general attitudes and understanding of eyecare. Optometry Australia (OA)’s 2020
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ICCLC turns up the music on contact lenses

Staff Writer — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:00:43 +0000

In addition to cutting-edge clinical lectures, the CCLSA embraced all things Pink Floyd for the 17th International Cornea & Contact Lens Congress. In part one of his report, LEWIS WILLIAMS details
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