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An online eyewear retailer who had previously served a four-year jail term for fraud and grave threats has been sentenced...

Aravind to take ?McDonald?s? eyecare strategy to Bangladesh

India’s largest network of primary eyecare centres, the Aravind Eye Hospitals, will work with the Bangladesh Government to establish more...

Dailies account for nearly half of all contact lens sales in 2017

Data collected by wholesale contact lenses distributor ABB Optical has shown daily disposable contact lenses led the category for dollar...

Lengthy jail sentence for ophthalmologist?s multi-million dollar medicare fraud

A Florida ophthalmologist has received a 17-year jail sentence for performing unnecessary eye procedures some witnesses compared to torture, in...

$1 billion vision catalyst fund to provide universal eyecare in the Commonwealth

The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust is establishing a US$1 billion (AU$1.27 b) eyecare fund with the goal of providing...

Nanowires restore vision in blind mice

Blind mice have had their vision partially restored by Chinese scientists, who replaced the animals’ dead photoreceptors with artificial versions...

Breakthrough device’ gets expedited review from FDA

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated an AI diagnostic syst that autonomously detects diabetic retinopathy (DR) as...

Tech giants lead eyecare innovation

Tech giants are spending billions researching eyecare in a novel approach to ensure consumers can enjoy mobile devices and other...

Allergan reports Q4 sales increase

Allergan has weathered revenue hits from products losing patent exclusivity to post a fourth quarter increase of 12% compared with...

Johnson & Johnson use studies to promote dry eye treatment