All Myopia management articles
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ArticleShamir launches myopia management lens
Shamir Optical Industry, the Israeli-based lens manufacturer, has announced the launch of Optimee, its first lens in the child myopia management segment. The launch follows the first-year results of a clinical trial with 126 children in Israel which showed that the new lens slowed by 43 percent the axial elongation ...
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75% of French opticians offer myopia management lenses, poll finds
According to a poll by French website Acuité, only 25 percent of optical shops in the country do not sell myopia management lenses for children, indicating a strong penetration of the relatively new product category in the retail channel. Over 900 optical stores, or about 7 percent of the total ...
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Japanese myopia eye drops research enters clinical trial phase
Japan’s Rohto Pharmaceutical is partnering with Tsubota Laboratory for research and developement of a new myopia management eye drop solution. The eye drops, which were successfully tested on mice according to an article by Nikkei Asia, aims at slowing myopia progression by suppressing the thinning of the sclera, thereby reducing ...
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ArticleHOYA lens growth driven by international markets and MiYOSMART in Q2
HOYA CORPORATION has reported a 2.5 percent year-on-year increase in Q2 group revenue to 188.7 billion Japanese yen (€1,182m) as the solid growth of its Life Care business unit and currency tailwinds offset another steep decline in the IT division’s quarterly sales. At constant rates, the Japanese group’s topline was ...
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IOT enters myopia management market
IOT, the Spanish and U.S.-based lens manufacturer, has announced that it was entering the myopia management segment with the launch of MyoLess, a new lens developed to slow down the progression of axial elongation in chidren’s eyes. “The lens incorporates asymmetric positive defocus on the back surface, calibrated to the ...
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SightGlass Vision releases first white paper on DOT
SightGlass Vision, the myopia management glasses joint venture between EssilorLuxottica and CooperVision, has released on its website its first white paper on its Diffusion Optics Technnology. Aimed at eye care professionals, the document provides information on the relationship between artificially high contrast signals at the retina and myopia progression, on ...
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CooperVision launches back-to-school campaign on myopia management
CooperVision has announced the launch of a three-pronged back-to-school communication campain in the U.S. on myopia management. This new consumer-oriented initative is aimed at generating awareness, educating and informing, and driving action with parents and eye care professionals (ECPs), the company said. The campaign will include the publication of myopia ...
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News briefsiPhone update to help prevent myopia
With the release this autumn of its latest operating system, iOS 17, Apple is adding two features to the iPhone to help prevent and manage myopia, especially in children. Both function through the Health App, which can pair the phone with an iPad or an Apple Watch. One feature makes ...
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ArticleCooperCompanies upgrades outlook after solid Q2
CooperCompanies has reported a 6.4 percent year-on-year revenue increase to $589.3 million for its CooperVision unit in the second quarter of its fiscal year, ended April 30. The division topline was up by 10 percent at constant currencies and organically, marking its ninth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, the company ...
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HOYA Vision Care launches myopia education website
HOYA Vision Care launched at the end of April a new myopia education online platform for ophthalmologists and optometrists worldwide. The website aims to provide continuing education and share the latest developments in myopia management, including evidence-based research, insights and knowledge from various sources, including experts from the World Society ...
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Myopia management events thrive
Myopia Profile, an Australian-based “information center” in clinical myopia management, has announced the launch of Myopia Action Month, a series of events for eye care professionals. Slated for September 2023 and sponsored by CooperVision, EssilorLuxottica and Johnson & Johnson, the digital event will include a number of new video resources, ...
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HOYA expands MiYOSMART range with sun lenses
HOYA Vision Care has announced the expansion of its myopia management lens’ range with the addition of two sun lenses. Dubbed MiYOSMART Chameleon for the photochromic lens and MiYOSMART Sunbird for the polarized lens, both products will be based on the D.I.M.S technology that the group developed for its MiYOSMART ...
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Spescavers launches myopia management in domestic market
The Specsavers group has announced that it was launching the myopia management product category in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland after having trained clinicians and retail colleagues through online sessions and roadshows. The company noted that the training of retail staff was aimed at giving them an understanding ...
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ArticleZEISS Vision Care advocates carefulness over speed in myopia management
ZEISS Vision Care, which has been active in myopia management (MM) clinical research in Asia for over ten years and has been marketing specific lenses in the region since 2011, is launching the category in Europe this spring, a couple of years after its main lens competitors entered the segment ...
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ArticleKubota Glass reports first sales, expands distribution in Japan
Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings has announced the signature of a distribution agreement for Kubota Glass, its myopia management glasses, with EYETOPIA, a regional chain of optical shops in Japan that will offer the device in some of its roughly 170 Megane Store locations. In December last year, Kubota also opened a ...
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Zeiss launches myopia management in Europe
ZEISS has announced the launch of MyoCare, its myopia management lens, in Europe from next April. The group said it has over ten years of experience in basic and clinical research and the succesful use of ZEISS Myopia Management in Southeast Asia. ZEISS however stressed that the prevalence of high ...
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News briefsNew online course for myopia treatment focuses on eyeglasses
Myopia Profile, an Australian “information center” for professionals in clinical myopia management, has released an online course detailing the latest in lens design and advise on the prescriptions for children. Called Myopia Management with Spectacles, the two-hour course is interactive and covers all aspects of prescription, “from first corrections in ...
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News briefsOrtho-k preferred myopia management method, study says
A recent study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and CooperVision Specialty Eyecare suggests that orthokeratology (ortho-k) is, as Cooper’s press release puts it, the “preferred method of myopia management in physically active children and adults.” “Patient and Parent Perceptions of Myopia Modalities” (by L.J. Lattery, C. Chao, ...
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ArticleRecord revenue but lower margins for Cooper
CooperCompanies has reported mixed results for its last fiscal quarter of the year as well as for the full year. While the group’s revenue continued to grow at a double-digit pace year-on-year reaching record levels in both business units, CooperVision (CVI) and CooperSurgical, profit ratios declined significantly. CVI Q4 revenue ...
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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 ...
