All Hoya Vision Care articles – Page 2

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New HOYA CEO presents group’s roadmap

2022-06-02T01:12:00Z

During the presentation of HOYA’s annual results last month, Eiichiro Ikeda, who was appointed as CEO at the start of the year, delivered an update on the group’s roadmap and main management challenges for the years ahead. After having taken a look back at the HOYA’s 80-year history and reaffirmed ...

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Myopia management research updates presented at ARVO

2022-05-11T05:49:00Z

Three recent studies by the three main players that have developed myopia management eyeglass lenses were presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) conference earlier this month. Hoya Vision Care has announced results from a six-year study of its MiYoSmart lens, which is based on the ...

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Hoya and IMI partner to fight myopia

2022-03-18T09:13:00Z

Hoya Vision Care and the International Myopia Institute (IMI) have established a partnership to deal with prevention, treatment and management of myopia. Hoya will be sitting on the IMI board and collaborating on multimedia content, including summary videos for IMI whitepapers, to be posted on the IMI’s website and disseminated ...

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Hoya Q2 sees sales of lenses inch up despite Covid-19 resurgence

2021-11-02T09:08:00Z

Hoya Corporation saw revenues in the second quarter ended September 30 rise by 16 percent compared to the year earlier to 162.6 billion Japanese yen (€1,234.1m-$1,426.7m), with both Life Care and Information Technology segments continuing their recovery despite a resurgence of Covid-19 in some countries and regions. On a constant ...

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HOYA partners with Orbis in vision care education

2021-10-13T07:29:00Z

HOYA Vision Care has announced a new partnership with Orbis International, a global non-governmental organization that has been involved in the prevention of avoidable blindness for over forty years, through the strengthening of eye health systems and training programs for eye care professionals but not only. Among other initiatives, the ...

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HOYA and Haag-Streit partner in myopia management

2021-10-06T06:21:00Z

HOYA Vision Care and Haag-Streit Diagnostics, a leading manufacturer of ophthalmic instruments and medical equipment, have announced a global partnership in the area of myopia management. Both companies said that the global sales and marketing agreement created a preferred partnership between them to help eye care professionals (ECP) in the ...

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HOYA partners with Myopia Profile on training program

2021-07-19T01:31:00Z

HOYA Vision Care is partnering with Myopia Profile, an international information resource on myopia management, to launch a co-created certified training program to educate eye care professionals on the topic and empower them to prescribe spectacle lenses for children. The program includes certified courses on myopia, the current myopia management ...

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International sales drove Hoya’s lenses' business in Q1

2021-05-03T07:31:00Z

Hoya Corporation reported a 12 percent year-on-year increase in group revenues for the last quarter of its 2020/21 financial year ended on March 31, 2021, or an 11 percent growth in constant currencies. The quarterly performance was driven by a solid growth in the group’s IT department, but the health ...

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New results of large-scale research on children myopia in France

2021-04-29T07:36:00Z

KRYS GROUP, a leader in the French optical retail sector, and the Poitiers university hospital, started in 2013 a large-scale research on the progression of myopia among French children aged between 4 and 17 years old. The latest results of this ongoing research, which was based on data collected for ...

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ECOO, ZVA criticize EU decision in Essilux-GV case

2021-04-16T07:08:00Z

The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO), the Brussels-based umbrella association, and the Zentralverband der Augenoptiker und Optometristen (ZVA), the German association of opticians and optometrists, both released official statements at the end of last month criticizing the terms of the European Commission’s clearance of the takeover of GrandVision ...

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Hoya appoints new president

2020-04-06T09:43:00Z

Eduardo Martins has succeeded Derek Dodge as Hoya Vision Care’s president for the U.S. market. Martins spent 2019 as senior vice president and general manager of PlayPower, a producer of playground equipment, and the previous 10 years in vice presidencies at Essilor in the U.S. He held similar executive sales ...