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ZVA releases preliminary German market figures, announces new president
According to preliminary figures announced by the Zentralverband der Augenoptiker und Optometristen (ZVA) at his annual meeting last week, the German optical market value inched up by 2 percent year-on-year in 2022, with brick-and-mortar outperforming, notably in the area of prescription lenses, while online sales were said to have dropped ...
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Spectaris launches forum to help members comply with EU regulations
The German industry association Spectaris is expanding its services for the ophthalmic optics industry with the new information forum “Regulatory Forum for the Ophthalmic Optics Industry” (RFAO), which is intended to assist in complying with increasingly complex statutory and legal requirements of the European Union. The RFAO is expected to ...
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ArticleUnderstanding the GPSR and what it could mean for EU businesses
Have you heard of the GPSR and do you know what it means for businesses in the EU? We explain the main points every brand needs to know
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Extended rights for French orthoptists
Following a regulation change published at the end of January, French orthoptists are now allowed to issue initial ophthalmic lenses’ prescriptions for people aged between 16 and 42 years old. Previously, all French patients had to visit an ophthalmologist to receive their first eyeglasses’ prescription while orthoptists could renew them. ...
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ECOO issues new sustainability guidance for member associations
The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) has released a new guidance on the issue of sustainability and how it relates to the eye care sector. The four-page document, which can be found on the organization’s website, makes suggestions on how national associations can relay sustainabiity information to their ...
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Euromcontact appoints new secretary general
Euromcontact, the European association of the contact lens and lens care industry, has appointed Laure-Anne Copel as its new secretary general, replacing Pascale Rouhier who left the organization after ten years in that position. Copel held the same secretary general role for the last six years at GIFO, the French ...
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ArticleGerman industry association calls for urgent measures to protect SMEs
In a direct address to its national government, German industry association Spectaris is calling for the rapid implementation of a multi-point program to secure the future of healthcare industries in Germany, particularly for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are most exposed to the current economic crisis. First and foremost, ...
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ArticleEssilor and EssilorLuxottica fined €81 m by French market watchdog, will appeal
L’Autorité de la Concurrence (AC), the French competition authority, has announced yesterday that it was handing a total of €81 million in fines to Essilor International and its parent company EssilorLuxottica for discriminatory practices between April 2009 and December 2020 in France. The Italo-French group immediately replied that it would ...
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French president suggests change in eyecare patients’ journey
Last week, replying to a question during a televised interview on access to eyecare, Emmanuel Macron hinted at a possible change to the current way in which French people consult ophthalmologists. Waiting times for ophthalmological appointments can exceed a year in some regions of France. Macron suggested that, in ...
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ArticleECOO addresses myopia management and digital eye care
The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO), the umbrella organization for 21 eye care professionals’ (ECPs) national associations, has addressed two currently hot industry topics in a position paper on myopia management and a statement on the digital future of eye health care services. In publishing “Myopia management: a ...
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New bill under review in French parliament threatens opticians’ margins
The 2023 bill regulating the financing of the social security system in France, which is currently being debated by French deputies, would significantly disrupt the optical retail in the sector if it were to be adopted in its current form. The wide-ranging bill establishes a list of healthcare-related products reimbursed, ...
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Specsavers warns of a glaucoma ticking time bomb in the U.K.
According to Specsavers’ “The State of the U.K.’s eye health 2022” report, the country is facing a “glaucoma ticking time bomb” as waiting times for NHS ophthalmology appointments have increased, partly as a side effect of the Covid pandemic. As of May 2022, there were more than 630,000 people waiting ...
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ArticleJohnson & Johnson Q3 contact lens sales inch up 3.0% as class action litigation settled
Johnson & Johnson saw sales of contact lenses in the third quarter increased by a reported 3.0 percent on the year earlier to $908 million, with a rise at constant-currency rates of 10.8 percent. Growth was driven by a market recovery, price actions and new products like Acuvue Oasys Multifocal ...
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German industry association Spectaris bids farewell to Josef May, elects successors
Josef May, who has been chairman of the German industry association Spectaris and Chairman of the Consumer Optics division, has handed over his posts to two experienced successors after almost two decades on the board. Ulrich Krauss, CEO of Analytik Jena, was elected as the new chairman of the association ...
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ANFAO worried about eyewear SMEs with energy crisis
According to the Italian Eyewear Industry Association (ANFAO), the cost of energy – historically about 5 percent of an eyewear company’s expenditures – has risen to the point of becoming difficult to deal with. “This crisis is no longer limited to energy but has become global, and it has once ...
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Essilor settles false claims allegations in the U.S.
Essilor International, Essilor of America Inc., Essilor Laboratories of America Inc. and Essilor Instruments USA have agreed to pay $16.4 million to resolve allegations that the companies caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid by violating the Anti-Kickback Statute, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a ...
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Marcolin earns ISO certification
Marcolin has obtained ISO 13485:2016 certification, which, according to International Organization for Standardization itself, “specifies requirements for a quality management system” for medical devices and related services at any stage of the product life-cycle, be it design, development, production, storage, distribution, installation or servicing. The certification is valid for three ...
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The Vision Council has a new director of shows
The Vision Council has hired Sara Bonizio to be its director of shows. Bonizio will be reporting to Mitch Barkley, vice president of trade shows and events, and collaborating with RX, co-organizer of Vision Expo East and West. Bonizio spent seven years working for Metro Optics Group, her family’s group ...
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The Vision Council releases first quarterly consumer report
The Vision Council has released its Consumer inSights Q1 2022 Report, the first publication from its recently established newinSights Research Program. The report presents the results of a survey of 15,015 adults in the U.S. It covers vision correction, eye exams, eyeglasses, contact lenses, readers and plano sunglasses. It ...
