Dropout, hygiene compliance and other issues associated with contact lens wear will be the focus of a new study by UNSW researchers who are asking their optometry colleagues to assist in a recruitment drive.
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Menicon sets sights on consumer connection with new MyMiru website
Japanese contact lens manufacturer Menicon has launched a new consumer-facing website that’s now accessible in Australia.
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Harnessing the potential of your contact lens portfolio
Attracting and retaining patients with contact lens products has become increasingly difficult with the rise of online retailers. But Menicon Australia is one major manufacturer choosing to stick by independents with a portfolio spanning across daily disposables and specialty contact lenses.
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Eight times thinner than conventional blister pack
Designed with the contact lens wearer in mind, Menicon’s Miru 1day Flat Pack offers wearers easy handling and cleaner, more comfortable wear.
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Detect and treat: contact lens technologies of the future
Insight explores how contact lens innovations are venturing beyond conventional boundaries as a means of vision correction, to another realm where new technological features are being developed for diagnostic and drug-delivery purposes.
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CooperVision releases new 1-day contact lens for presbyopes
New multifocal contact lenses by CooperVision featuring an innovative three-add approach that caters to all levels of presbyopia have launched on the Australian market today.
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‘Don’t be blind drunk’ – alcohol-related eye injuries focus of JulEYE campaign
RANZCO’s fundraising division the Australian and New Zealand Eye Foundation (ANZEF) has this month launched its 2021 JulEye campaign, reminding Australians of the eye health risks associated with excessive alcohol consumption.
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Study reveals age optometrists are most comfortable fitting CLs in paediatric myopes
A new global myopia survey that involved Australian participants has revealed optometrists are comfortable with fitting children with contact lenses from 9-years-old while for parents the average age is 12.
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Major contact lens retailer snapped up in multi-billion-dollar deal
A global investment firm has acquired the US’s largest contact lens retailer 1-800 Contacts for a reported $AU4.2 billion.
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Twin licensing deals bolster Bausch + Lomb’s myopia portfolio
Bausch + Lomb has acquired an exclusive license for a novel myopia control contact lens developed by a Sydney ophthalmic research institute, just days after signing another deal to commercialise an investigational microdose formulation of atropine.
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