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The optometrists and dispensing opticians board (ODOB) is currently consulting on the revocation of the accreditation of the ‘Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing’ course offered by OTEN/TAFE in New South Wales after OTEN failed to provide additional material requested for its accreditation. If the
A New Zealand optometrist has been found guilty of breaching the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights for not providing an adequate level of care and skill for a six-year-old boy, later diagnosed with a brain tumour which left him blind in one eye and partially sighted in the oth
Health tech company Jayex Healthcare has signed an exclusive worldwide ‘Solution Provider Agreement’ with OptomEdge, the optometry division of the Queensland-based marketing and technology services provider, Valued Patient Group, and preferred online marketing support supplier for Kiwi-based indepen
Luxottica’s OPSM and Australian-based sister company Laubman & Pank have employed 100 optometry graduates to fill positions across Australia and New Zealand, doubling the number employed in 2017.
Revision Optics, manufacturer of the Raindrop implantable corneal device for correction of near vision, the first FDA-approved device that changes the shape of the cornea to correct vision, has closed down.
Engineering science professor Marinko Sarunic from Simon Fraser University, Canada has developed a new, shoebox-sized, retinal imaging scanner, that can still produce high-resolution, 3-D, cross-sectional retina, including individual photoreceptors, fine capillaries and blood vessels.
A review of emergency department visits across Australia in 2016-17 reveals that almost 120,000 people presented for eye conditions, of which just over 19,640 were considered non-urgent. While Optometry Australia, the peak professional body for optometrists, is concerned with the amount of people se
US filmmaker Jane Weiner is working on a documentary about myopia entitled ‘Losing Sight’, scheduled for release in 2020.
A new portable brain-computer interface, nGoggle, is proving promising for assessing visual function loss in glaucoma patients, said co-inventor Professor Felipe Medeiros from Duke University, North Carolina in an article in Ophthalmology Times.
Luxury fashion house Dior has opened its first boutique store dedicated to eyewear.
The total glaucoma market was estimated to be $2.6bn across the seven major markets in 2016 and this is expected to grow to $3.8bn in 2026, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.1%, according to GlobalData, a leading international data and analytics company.
The Volunteer Ophthalmic Services Overseas (VOSO) eye health aid group is adding low vision to its list of aid services from this year and is urgently seeking donations of low vision equipment to distribute in the Pacific Islands to low vision patients.
