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    CooperVision acquires No7 Contact Lenses

    2021-04-30T07:29:00Z

    Following a multi-year partnership with No7 Contact Lenses , CooperVision announced on April 27 the acquisition of the U.K.-based contact lenses’ specialist for an undisclosed amount. The company will be integrated in the CooperVision Specialty EyeCare group. CooperVision said that the acquisition would allow the group to offer ...

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    J & J contact lenses sales’ recovery driven by the U.S.

    2021-04-22T08:47:00Z

    Johnson Johnson reported a 5.3 percent year-on-year increase to $857 million in its global sales of contact lenses for the first quarter of the current financial year, or a 3.5 percent hike in constant currencies. The return to growth was fueled by the market recovery, the launch ...

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    J&J Vision partners with Menicon in ortho-k lenses

    2021-04-12T09:18:00Z

    Johnson Johnson Vision Care and Menicon , the Japanese contact lens specialist, announced on April 7 the signature of a global partnership in the field of orthokeratology contact lenses designed to slow the progression of myopia among children. According to the joint statement, Menicon will keep developing ...

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    CVI returns to growth in Q1, except for EMEA

    2021-03-05T10:56:00Z

    CooperVision (CVI), the contact lenses’ division of Cooper Companies , started the 2021 fiscal year on a positive note with a return to growth after two consecutive quarters of declining sales. Total CVI quarterly revenues increased by 4 percent year-on-year to $507 million in reported terms, and by 1 ...

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    The European soft contact lenses’ market decreased by 9% last year

    2021-03-03T08:52:00Z

    The European wholesale market for soft contact lenses decreased by 9.1 percent year-on-year to €1,376 million in 2020 according to data collected in 13 countries by Euromcontact, the European federation of national associations and international contact lenses manufacturers. The countries included in this research are: Belgium, Luxemburg, Denmark, France, Germany, ...

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    Contact lenses drove Alcon recovery in Q4

    2021-02-25T17:37:00Z

    Alcon reported a 2 percent year-on-year increase in total revenues to $1,925 million for the fourth quarter of its 2020 financial year, marking a return to positive growth figures after two consecutive negative quarters. In constant currencies, total sales increased by 1 percent. Sales in the vision care ...

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    Memberships and international sales up at Menicon

    2021-02-19T12:14:00Z

    Menicon , the Japanese contact lens specialist, posted last week stable revenues of JPY63.4 billion (€496.3m-$599.8m) for the first three quarters of its current fiscal year, a 0.1 percent increase only from the previous year. Sales of contact lenses and care products went down by 2.5 percent year-on-year to ...

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    The contact lens market keeps growing

    2019-04-04T00:00:00Z

    In 2018, the market value of soft contact lenses to eye care professionals increased by 4.5 percent to €1,831 million, according to an annual study by the European Federation of National Associations and International Companies of Contact Lens and Lens Care Manufacturers (Euromcontact). The strongest growth was in Switzerland, where ...