The World Council of Optometry (WCO) is partnering with CooperVision to help advance myopia management as a global standard of care, introducing an interactive and educational resource for eyecare pra
A recent study from Bausch + Lomb found its novel daily nutritional supplement designed to alleviate the effects of dry eye disease (DED) met both its primary endpoints for tear production and symptom
Consuming more than 12g of alcohol per day (less than one large glass of wine or a large beer) is linked to a higher risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an Australian study foun
Attendees of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology’s (ARVO) 2024 meeting delved into the latest myopia research, with the presentation of two study abstracts identifying genetic lin
It was the colourful diagnostic flipper sets that attracted New Zealand-based ophthalmic equipment distributor Medix21’s Camille Furnandiz to Optego’s stand at February’s Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology congress in Bali. “I love a rainbow. They just really stood out,” she said.
At ARVO 2024, CooperVision announced positive results of both a 10-year study of its MiSight 1 Day lens and another evaluating the impact of overnight wear of its Paragon CRT Dual Axis ortho-k lens.
Dr Oliver Comyn, chair of New Zealand’s Save Sight Society, is hoping more optometrists will join their ophthalmology and nursing colleagues at this year’s Save Sight Society meeting in Wellington.
Unveiled to the Australasian market last year, Johnson & Johnson Vision’s Abiliti 1-Day myopia-control soft contact lens is currently being trialled with 10 practices across New Zealand. The pre-market evaluation release is to gain insight to connect the company’s therapeutic and clinical learnings
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A mobile air-sterilisation unit which allows cataract surgery to be performed in an office will help relieve some of the pressure on New Zealand’s hospitals, said supplier Medix21’s Camille Furnandiz.
Taking pride of place on one side of Ophthalmic Instrument Company’s stand at CCLS NZ was a simple portable fundus camera and laptop, designed to demonstrate Optain’s Eyetelligence software platform. The artificial intelligence (AI) software can be paired with most practice fundus cameras to analyse
Recently TGA approved for New Zealand, the Suoer SW-800 is a specially designed, handheld vision screener for young children and babies from three months old.