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Luxottica is dropping Budget Eyewear and Just Specs brands
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Luxottica is dropping Budget Eyewear and Just Specs brands; re-branding as OPSM
The company is also re-branding its Laubman & Pank stores as OPSM in New South Wales and Victoria and will relocate or close Read More
43rd RANZCO Annual Scientific Congress in Canberra attracts 900
More than 900 delegates, predominantly ophthalmologists, met during the 43rd Annual Scientific Congress of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists held at the National Convention Centre in Canberra on 19-22 November...
Stem-cell trial given go-ahead at Moorfield
Moorfields Eye Hospital has been given approval to carry out a trial into retinal stem cell treatment for Stargardt’s disease, Optician reports. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency agreed to the trials, which are due to start in the next few months with 12 patients. The trial will investigate the safety of using retinal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells to treat people with advanced Stargardt’s disease, a form of macular degeneration that causes disabling sight loss in young people...
CooperVision announces worldwide recall of its Avaira contact lenses
CooperVision has announced an expansion of its worldwide recall of certain Avaira silicone hydrogel contact lenses which were launched only in April. Initially, a low-key recall was undertaken by the company in August following reports from the field of unexpected reactions to Avaira Toric (encore100) in some markets, (such as Canada) contact lenses. That recall was expanded to include the rest of the world in August and September...
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