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    J & J Vision creates myopia education leadership role

    2021-07-19T01:30:00Z

    Johnson Johnson Vision is appointing Dr. Chandra Mickles to the newly created position of North America Professional Education Lead, Myopia. Coming from the academic sector, Mickles will be in charge of the company’s education programs around myopia for eye care professionals. The appointment follows recent announcements ...

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    FDA approves J&J’s myopia management CL

    2021-05-18T07:15:00Z

    Johnson Johnson Vision Care announced a few days ago that it has received the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ACUVUE Abiliti contact lenses. According to the company, it is the first and currently only myopia management orthokeratology lens that ...

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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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    J&J takes part in a $36m round for the development of presbyopia correction eye drops

    2021-03-11T02:11:00Z

    Visus Therapeutics , an American pharmaceutical company based in Seattle, announced yesterday the completion of a $36 million financing round to fund the company’s research on its Brimochol product, an eye drop drug designed to correct the effects of presbyopia with one daily application. The drug is currently in ...

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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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    Sales of J&J contact lenses down 5.3% in Q4

    2021-02-01T08:19:00Z

    Johnson Johnson’ s global sales of contact lenses fell by 4.4 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter to $796 million. At constant currency rates, the decline widened to 5.3 percent as sales continued to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Lower levels of stocking in the U.S. also ...

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    Johnson & Johnson's Q3 contact lens sales turn positive in U.S.

    2020-10-18T11:04:00Z

    Johnson Johnson’ s global sales of contact lenses fell by 7.1 percent year-on-year in the third quarter to $830 million. At constant currency rates, revenues fell by 7.2 percent as sales of contact lenses continued to be negatively impacted the Covid-19 pandemic. But, sales in the U.S. grew ...

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    Johnson & Johnson Q2 contact lens sales down by 34.1%

    2020-08-04T06:00:00Z

    Johnson Johnson ’ s sales of contact lenses fell by 34.1 percent year-on-year in the second quarter to reach $554 million. At constant currency rates, revenues fell by 33.3 percent as the sale of contact lenses were negatively impact the Covid-19 pandemic that resulting in fewer new wearers ...

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    Johnson & Johnson Q1 contact lens sales resilient thanks to U.S.

    2020-05-07T17:05:00Z

    Sales of contact lenses by Johnson Johnson fell by 1.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter to reach $814 million. At constant currency rates, revenues fell by 0.3 percent as the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was partially offset by a double-digit growth rate in the ...