Japanese contact lens manufacturer Menicon has signed a joint development agreement with a US firm producing the world’s first augmented reality contact lens that overlays images and text on wearers’ natural field of vision. Read more
CooperVision releases toric multifocal for distinct patient cohort
In July this year, CooperVision Australia and New Zealand added a toric multifocal to its extensive family of Biofinity contact lenses. Read more
Contact lens among top 100 scientific breakthroughs of 2020
CooperVision’s MiSight 1 day contact lens has been ranked in Popular Science’s top 100 innovations of 2020, alongside a fast, ultra-cheap coronavirus test, and joining past winners such as the portable defibrillator and the first spacecraft to visit Pluto.
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TGA approves ‘breakthrough’ B+L contact lens
Bausch + Lomb has obtained regulatory approval to supply its new Ultra One Day daily disposable silicone hydrogel (SiHy daily) contact lenses in Australia. Read more
CooperVision boosts clariti toric CL parameters
Australian eyecare professionals now have access an expanded range of parameters for the CooperVision clariti toric contact lens, allowing optometrists to fit a broader range of astigmatic patients. Read more
CooperVision introduces new toric multifocal to local market
CooperVision Australia and New Zealand has unveiled its highly-anticipated Biofinity toric multifocal contact lens this week, providing more than 200,000 prescription options for patients who are both astigmatic and presbyopic. Read more
MiSight secures FDA approval
MiSight 1 day, the world’s first daily disposable contact lens for myopia management, recently became the first and only US Food and Drug Administration-approved product clinically proven to slow the progression of myopia. Read more
Menicon presents the world’s slimmest CL blister pack
Menicon Australia is now distributing the new Miru 1day Flat Pack, a user-friendly packaging design that aims to address the challenges of daily disposable lens wear. Read more
Scientists modify commercial contact lens to correct colour blindness
Researchers have modified an off-the-shelf contact lens to correct a form of red–green colour blindness known as deuteranomaly, the most common type of colour vision deficiency. Read more
Warby Parker launches its own contact lens
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. Read more