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In a new report, the European Parliament is calling for...
In a new report, the European Parliament is calling for eye exams every 10 years for all drivers of cars and motorcycles, increasing the frequency to once every five years for those over 65. The report, “Own Initiative,” noted that 35,000 people die on European roads every year, and that ...
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CooperVision is recalling some lots of its Avaira Toric contact...
CooperVision is recalling some lots of its Avaira Toric contact lenses when they were found to have a residue that could cause temporary hazy vision. The company is resolving the issue and inventories should be back to normal by Dec. 1. Avaira Toric lenses made up less than 1 percent ...
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Lens.com has filed a suit in District Court in Nevada,...
Lens.com has filed a suit in District Court in Nevada, accusing 1-800-Contacts of antitrust violations. Lens.com says that its competitor sought to achieve market dominance by using anticompetitive practices such as censoring or impeding customer information, manufacturing fictional trademark rights, and filing frivolous trademark infringement lawsuits against competitors.
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Euromcontact has published some of the results of the CLEER...
Euromcontact has published some of the results of the CLEER Project, conducted between June 2008 and December 2009 to provide data that would support a request to European authorities to regulate the supply of contact lenses, pointing out that cosmetic lenses should also be treated as medical devices. Based on ...
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Police in Pennsylvania are investigating the apparent homicide of Jonathan...
Police in Pennsylvania are investigating the apparent homicide of Jonathan Balester, a former president of the whole laboratory Balester Optical Company. The 56-year-old was found dead in his home on May 26. His work in the optical industry included stints at Main Optical and Bausch + Lomb. His sister Heather ...
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A Spanish study confirms the need for better vision correction...
A Spanish study confirms the need for better vision correction for safer driving, which has been expressed to European authorities by Eurom 1, the European optical industry association. The study found out that 24 percent of the people who drive a car, or a total of 6 million Spaniards, have ...
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Ciba Vision has settled a complaint from Bausch + Lomb...
Ciba Vision has settled a complaint from Bausch + Lomb that its advertisements claimed, incorrectly, that its solutions were better at fighting Acanthamoeba than ReNu MultiPlus by Bausch + Lomb. Ciba Vision will stop running the ads, which were based on research that was published in the Journal of Clinical ...
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The Swiss government's decision to stop subsidizing the purchase of...
The Swiss government's decision to stop subsidizing the purchase of eyewear from the end of last year has reportedly led major retailers to substantially drop the prices that they were charging for children's spectacles. The government's health insurance was previously offering 186 Swiss francs (€144.70-$212.50) for the purchase of a ...
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Marchon3D will be getting two new U.S. patents for its...
Marchon3D will be getting two new U.S. patents for its circular polarized 3D eyewear. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved two applications related to protecting the “innovative curved lenses” used for viewing 3D technology, Marchon3D said. One patent application protects the company's thermoformed 3D lenses, with a polarizing layer ...
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On March 22, the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court settled...
On March 22, the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court settled the case between opticians Louis Nielsen and Synoptik – initiated by Synoptik in 2009 due to an advertisement war – as a tie. The court decided that both sides infringed upon the marketing law and that Louis Nielsen illegally used ...
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The European federation of optical industries, Eurom 1, has launched...
The European federation of optical industries, Eurom 1, has launched a new internet portal, www.eurom1.org. The site was vigorously promoted by the federation's chairman, Vittorio Tabacchi. Eurom gathers seven national associations of manufacturers of optical lenses, frames and equipment for opticians. The countries represented are France, Italy, Germany, the U.K., ...
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Ireland's Road Safety Authority has updated the visual requirements for...
Ireland's Road Safety Authority has updated the visual requirements for drivers to line up with the European Commission's 2006 and 2009 Directive on Driving Licenses. For drivers of regular vehicles and motorcycles, the regular vision assessments have been ramped up. Additional testing is to be done for anyone seeking a ...
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Bausch + Lomb is recalling any Soothe Xtra Protection eyedrops...
Bausch + Lomb is recalling any Soothe Xtra Protection eyedrops in the U.S. with expiration dates from February 2011 to August 2012. Samples of the product found that it might not be effective even before its expiration date; no adverse effects were discovered. The recall is because an ineffective product ...
