Almost 18 months since its parent company announced Bausch + Lomb (B+L) would be spun off as a pure-play eye health company, the entity has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges.
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Showing kids what they can do
Can:Do 4Kids aims to enable low vision children across all areas throughout their lives. The service works collaboratively with orthoptists to support clients and their families, writes TRACEY STUART.
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Richard Watt Optometrist among latest to join National Optical Care
National Optical Care (NOC) has announced three new Queensland optometry businesses joined its network of acquired practices last month.
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How optometry is bouncing back
Specsavers data has quantified the impact of extended lockdowns on Victorian eye health for the first time. DR BEN ASHBY delves into the data, and explains why metropolitan Melbourne isn’t out of the woods yet.
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Optometry training, low vision aids highlighted in Royal Commission’s aged care report
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has recommended providers have arrangements with optometrists to ensure appropriate care to residents and has proposed a review of the undergraduate curricula for many allied health professions, including optometry.
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Engineer behind Varilux progressive dies aged 94
The inventor of the Essilor’s pioneering Varilux progressive lens has died in Paris at the age of 94.
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Finding a niche with preservative-free eye drops
In the space of 23 years AFT Pharmaceuticals has gone from a home-based business to a multinational company. Its eyecare business is also experiencing remarkable growth, and more therapies are in the pipeline, including one for glaucoma.
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Using Medicare to detect glaucoma
An additional 79,000 Australians are expected to develop glaucoma in the next five years, costing the economy $4.3 billion [1]. Specsavers optometry director DR BENJAMIN ASHBY explains some of the strategic initiatives, including OCT and visual fields, in place to mitigate this problem.
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New group focuses on how to clear the COVID-19 backlog
The Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) has established a new research unit to improve current eyecare models and tackle the backlog of undiagnosed and untreated conditions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Introducing the RANZCO president
From individual patients to national eyecare systems, Tasmanian ophthalmologist Professor Nitin Verma has made it his mission to improve visual outcomes in developing countries. Now he’s bringing his unique knowledge to the RANZCO presidency.
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