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Bausch + Lomb’s US recycling programs gather momentum
Bausch + Lomb has annonced that it has collected 84 million units of contact lenses, lens care and eye care materials in the US through its ONE by ONE and Biotrue recycling programs since they were launched in 2016 and 2021, respectively. This corresponds to approximately 231 tons of waste ...
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Johnson & Johnson Q1 contact lens sales fall 5%
Johnson & Johnson reported contact sales lenses of $910 million in the first quarter of 2024, down by a reported 4.6 percent compared to the year earlier and 2.3 percent lower at constant currency rates. The sales dip was driven by US stocking dynamics and economic pressures in the Asia ...
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News briefsPush for world CL day in its second year
The Spain’s Association for the Manufacture, Commercialization and General Import of Optics and Ophthalmology (AEO) and Fórum de Contactología are striving to get April 15 declared world contact-lens day – in honor of the invention’s precursor, Leonardo da Vinci. This is a Spanish initiative in its second year. So far ...
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ArticleDisposable daily CLs momentum slowed down in 2023 in Europe, survey shows
Wholesale sales of soft contact lenses rose by 5.2 percent year-on-year to €2,157 million in 2023 for a group of 32 countries including 25 in Europe and a few others (Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, South Africa and United Arab Emirates), according to the new annual report by Euromcontact, the ...
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Alcon Q4 contact lens sales jump 9%
Alcon reported sales of contact lenses totaling $579 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, up by 9 percent on a reported basis compared to the year earlier and 10 percent higher at constant-currency rates. The company said that product innovation had driven strong demand for contact lenses, including ...
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ArticleBausch + Lomb Q4 contact lens sales inch up 1% amid distribution disruptions
Bausch + Lomb reported contact lens sales of $222 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, up by a reported one percent compared to the year earlier and three percent higher at constant currency rates. This growth was primarily driven by the continued momentum of its Infuse/Ultra One Day daily ...
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News briefsMenicon reports topline increase but operating-profit drop
Menicon has reported a 4.5 percent year-on-year increase in vision care sales to 80,126 million Japanese yen (€497m) for the first nine months of the current fiscal year, ending at the end of March, with overseas market driving the growth. International sales went up by 10.3 percent to ¥23,818 million ...
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ArticleJohnson & Johnson Q4 contact lens sales rise 7.9%
Johnson & Johnson’s global sales of contact lenses in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 grew by a reported 6.1 percent to $882 million. Sales at constant currency rates increased by 7.9 percent, with growth driven by price actions and the continued strong performance of the Acuvue Oasys 1-Day family ...
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ArticleCooperVision slowed down by production capacity limitations
CooperCompanies has reported an 11 percent year-on-year revenue increase to $622.9 million for its CooperVision division in the last quarter of its 2023 fiscal year ended Sept. 30. Quarterly sales of contact lenses were up by 9 percent at constant exchange rates and by 11 percent organically compared with Q4 ...
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Alcon Q3 contact lens sales rise 10% thanks to product innovation, price increases
Alcon registered sales of contact lenses in the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $612 million, up by a reported 10 percent compared to the year earlier. Top line growth was attributed largely to product innovation, including the toric modalities of Precision1, Total30 and Dailies Total1 lenses, which outpaced a ...
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Europe drives Menicon vision care revenue growth in Q2
Menicon has reported a 5.0 percent year-on-year increase in vision care revenue to 53,037 million Japanese yen (€324 m) for the first half of its fiscal year, with overseas market overperforming. Sales in the Japanese group’s domestic market inched up by 1.8 percent year-on-year to ¥37,340 million (€228 m) as ...
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ArticleHOYA lens growth driven by international markets and MiYOSMART in Q2
HOYA CORPORATION has reported a 2.5 percent year-on-year increase in Q2 group revenue to 188.7 billion Japanese yen (€1,182m) as the solid growth of its Life Care business unit and currency tailwinds offset another steep decline in the IT division’s quarterly sales. At constant rates, the Japanese group’s topline was ...
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Bausch + Lomb sales edge up 3% in Q3
Bausch + Lomb’s sales of its contact lenses totaled $228 million in the third quarter of 2023, up by a reported three percent compared to the year earlier and five percent higher at constant currency rates. Growth was led by the continued strong performance of the Infuse/Ultra One Day daily ...
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News briefsContact-lens disposal explained in pictures
Canada’s Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) has expanded on a set of infographics it produced earlier this year to lay out the proper disposal and recycling of contact lenses. The original set of four, in English, has now been translated in 24 other languages – among them Afrikaans, ...
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Lentechs raises $6 m to develop new multifocal lens’ technology
Lentechs, a U.S. clinical-stage ophthalmic device company focusing on innovative contact lens technology, has completed a $6 million fundraise from Vision Vestments and other financial investors. Lentechs said the funds would be allocated to achieve key clinical research and manufacturing development objectives for APIOC, its line of contact lenses specifically ...
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Johnson & Johnson Q3 contact lens sales rise 4% despite decline in U.S.
Johnson & Johnson generated $928 million in contact lens sales in the third quarter of 2023, up by a reported 2.2 percent compared to the year earlier and 4.0 percent higher at constant currency rates. Growth was driven by the continued strong performance of the Acuvue Oasys 1-Day family of ...
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Menicon starts ortho-k lens production in China
Japanese-based contact lens maker Menicon has announced that its Chinese subsidary, ALPHA WUXI, started producing ortho-k lenses at its new factory this month, a few months ahead of schedule. The brand Alpha Ortho-k was launched in China in 2011 and its lenses were until now produced at the group’s factory ...
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ArticleCooperVision accelerates in Q3, upgrades full-year forecast
CooperCompanies has reported an 11 percent year-on-year revenue increase to $630.2 million for its CooperVision (CVI) unit in Q3, marking the tenth consecutive double-digit quarterly progression and an acceleration from the previous quarter (+6 percent). Sales of contact lenses were up by 12 percent at constant exchange rates and by ...
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ArticleMenicon Q1 vision care sales inch up 4%
Menicon’s vision care sales inched up by 3.7 percent to 25,087 million Japanese yen (€158.8m) in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, underpinned by a strong performance in the Japan-based contact lens maker’s overseas markets. In the three months ended June 30, sales in Menicon’s domestic market rose by ...
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Alcon Q2 contact lens sales rise 10% amid continued SiHy lens growth, price increases
Alcon registered contact lens sales of $594 million in the second quarter ended June 30, up by 10 percent on a constant currency basis compared to the year earlier and led by continued growth in silicone hydrogel contact lenses, including the Precision1 and Total product families, and price increases across ...
