Specsavers Pty Ltd has won Federal Court orders against online retailer Buyinvite Pty Ltd and its director and co-founder Stephen Patrick Coles for them making the representations “80% OFF Alex Perry Glasses” and “80% OFF Alex Perry Frames” in advertisements placed on the internet. ..
Listed ophthalmology practices company Vision Eye Institute on 19 April requested an immediate trading halt be granted by the Australian Securities Exchange with respect to its shares. The request was granted temporarily, pending an announcement to the market in connection with changes made by the federal health department concerning the classification and associated funding implications for intravitreal injections performed by VEI ophthalmologists for their patients. ..
Bionic Vision Australia’s bionic eye project, covered in some detail in previous Insight articles, has announced progress on several fronts. Firstly, a University of New South Wales microelectronics research laboratory that is charged with responsibility for fabricating the project’s retinal implant has commissioned a new $2.5-million facility giving them an on-campus ability to make suitable custom-implantable electronics for the BVA and other unrelated biomedical projects. ..