By Staff
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 12:27 AM
CHICAGO—
Prevent Blindness has declared October as Contact Lens Safety Month to help educate the public on the best ways to protect their eyes through proper care. In addition to a
dedicated webpage, fact sheets and shareable social media graphics, Prevent Blindness also offers the
“Contact Lens Safety” episode as part of the Focus on Eye Health Expert Series. Dr. Thomas L. Steinemann, professor of ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve University, discusses a variety of topics with Prevent Blindness president and CEO, Jeff Todd, including advocating for contact lens safety, patient care, and the dangers of improper use of contact lenses.
By Staff
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 12:21 AM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. and MENDRISIO, Switzerland—
Harrow, an eyecare pharmaceutical company, and Sintetica, S.A., a growing pharmaceutical company focused on analgesics, local anesthetics, and sterile injectable solutions, announced the
FDA approval of Iheezo 3% for ocular surface anesthesia.
By Staff
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 12:15 AM
SEATTLE—
Kubota Vision, a clinical-stage specialty ophthalmology company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., announced last week that the company and
Joslin Diabetes Center have entered into a material transfer and collaboration agreement for Kubota's Patient Based Ophthalmology Suite (PBOS), in-home optical coherence tomography (OCT*1) device. Joslin Diabetes Center is conducting two clinical studies to evaluate the ability of PBOS to identify cases of diabetic macular edema that may need treatment compared to a commercially-available OCT device.
By Staff
Monday, October 3, 2022 12:30 AM
ATLANTA—
EyeSouth Partners, a comprehensive ophthalmology platform, based here, announced that private equity firm
Olympus Partners has taken a majority stake in the company. Founded in 1988, Olympus is an active, long-term investor across a broad range of industries including business services, consumer products, health care services, financial services, industrial services and manufacturing. Prior to the acquisition, EyeSouth was backed by
Shore Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm that had managed the company’s growth since its founding in 2017. EyeSouth’s physicians will remain significant investors alongside Olympus and management, the company said.
By Staff
Monday, October 3, 2022 12:18 AM
SAN RAMON, Calif.—CooperVision’s MiSight 1 day myopia control contact lens was recently recognized in the German Design Council’s 2022 German Innovation Awards. In the field of Medical & Health, it received a special mention in Excellence in Business to Consumer. “This award represents a tremendous sense of achievement and means a lot to us,” said Johannes Zupfer, general manager of Germany, Austria and Switzerland at
CooperVision.
By Staff
Monday, October 3, 2022 12:15 AM
HAUPPAUGE, New York—
ClearVision Optical is launching its annual Faceboo contest for eyecare professionals. This year, the contest is in conjunction with the
Pumpkin Patch Project. Through its proprietary brand Dilli Dalli pediatric eyewear, ClearVision is joining up with the Pumpkin Patch Project to spread awareness for amblyopia and vision impairment in children. ClearVision will make a monetary contribution in support of the Pumpkin Patch Project in addition to helping promote the project among ECPs and parents.
By Staff
Friday, September 30, 2022 7:20 PM
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. and BOCA RATON, Fla.—Today,
VSP Vision announced the acquisition of
Professional Eye Care Associates of America (PECAA) from Nautic Partners. PECAA will continue to operate independently and be led by doctors, for the benefit of all independent eyecare professionals, the companies said, adding “The industry's two largest supporters of independent eyecare professionals are uniting to ensure the continued success and growth of private practice.” Serving more than 12,000 members, PECAA is the nation’s largest community of independent eyecare professionals. Since 2006, PECAA has delivered member-focused business services, group buying power to reduce costs, and a community of peers offering a network of support.
By Staff
Friday, September 30, 2022 3:06 PM
In recent years, laser vision correction procedures, specifically LASIK, have increased in popularity. In fact, the Refractive Surgery Council has reported that the laser vision correction procedure volume for the fourth quarter of 2021 was 190,509, which is a year-to-date increase of 32 percent over 2020. The total procedure volume for 2021 topped 833,000 for the first time since the council began tracking laser vision correction procedures in 2015. According to John Vukich, MD, who is in practice in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, there are several reasons that LASIK rates increased starting in 2020, and the effects of the pandemic are at the top of the list. “During the pandemic, people were working from home. They were wearing masks, and if they had glasses, there was the potential for masks fogging the lenses,” he noted.
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By Staff
Friday, September 30, 2022 12:27 AM
SACRAMENTO—On Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed California’s nearly 7,000 ODs to perform certain types of surgery, including laser procedures, lesion removal, several types of injections and corneal crosslinking.
By Staff
Friday, September 30, 2022 12:24 AM
ATLANTA—
EyeSouth Partners has completed affiliations with Arbor Centers for EyeCare and Chicago Eye Institute, leading ophthalmic practices in Chicagoland for decades, which are supported by the Ocular Partners Management Services Organization.
By Staff
Friday, September 30, 2022 12:21 AM
ST. LOUIS—The
American Optometric Association announced the second edition of the AOA’s evidence-based clinical practice guideline, Comprehensive Adult Eye and Vision Examination, is now available online for a 30-day public review period.