The Industry Days provide a forum for a range of business professionals to explain to students issues and managent practices about their respective industry Read more
VTI signs distribution deal with Menicon
ASX-listed Visioneering Technologies (VTI) has signed a sales and distribution deal with Japan’s largest contact lens company, mapping a path into the lucrative European market. Read more
International collaboration leads toxoplasma breakthrough
A joint Australian-Brazilian research project has for the first time identified the molecular mechanism behind the characteristic retinal lesions and tissue loss associated with toxoplasma parasite infections. Read more
CLCA enters new partnership
O=MEGA PREVIEW: Contact Lens Centre Australia (CLCA) will showcase a new range of orthokeratology (OrthoK) products, following the announcent of a new partnership Read more
International partnership focuses on diabetic eyecare
In a study that could help significantly reshape public health policy in both countries, Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) researchers Dr Felicia Widyaputri Read more
Low vision organisations unite to create single peak body
Under the agreent, the ABF will cease operation at 30 June, and fold into Vision 2020 Australia as the organisations seek to combine their Read more
Plan to eliminate poor vision worldwide by 2050
Newly published research from Essilor has suggested an investment of US $14 billion (AU$21 b) over the next 30 years could be enough to eliminate uncorrected poor vision due to refractive errors worldwide. Read more
First batch of optoms graduate in Vietnam
From only three qualified optometrists in 2013, Vietnam is now welcoming the first round of locally trained clinicians into the workforce. Read more
New Australian study results add to Ozurdex?s efficacy
A significant Australian study into the effectiveness of Allergan’s Ozurdex implant as a treatment for Diabetic Macular Oedema (DME) has shown positive results consistent with previously published evidence. Read more
New global academy aims to raise profile of scleral lenses
Australian optometrist Mr Damon Ezekiel has become an inaugural board member of the newly established Euro & Austral-Asian Scleral Lens Academy (EASLA). Read more