After a long hiatus of in-person optometry education, it was nice to physically attend Retina Specialists’ winter seminar at the Foundation on George in Parnell, Auckland, and looking around the room, it was clear I wasn’t the only one feeling a little excited about this return to normality.
Israeli start-up OrCam Technologies’ handheld digital reader OrCam Read has been named Best Consumer Edge AI End Product by the 2022 Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year Awards.
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) New Zealand branch has issued a position statement with strategies to address the country’s “fractured” diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening programme.
Specsavers Dubbo and Specsavers Dapto in Australia, plus New Zealand’s Specsavers Hornby and Specsavers Dunedin were celebrated at the Specsavers Clinical Conference 2022, taking the annual awards for
New Zealand’s Specsavers practices in Hornby and Dunedin, plus Australia’s Dubbo and Dapto practices were celebrated at Specsavers Clinical Conference 2022, sharing awards for clinical excellence and patient care.
Austrian family-owned company Silhouette’s production of rimless eyewear is now CO2 neutral, thanks to carbon-reduction projects and offsetting. Silhouette’s use of ‘green’ electricity has enabled
Enrolments have commenced for Kiora Pharmaceuticals KIO-201 eyedrop phase 2 trial. Designed to accelerate natural corneal wound healing in patients with persistent corneal epithelial defect (PCED),
The majority of New Zealanders living with diabetes have experienced potential symptoms of diabetic retinopathy (DR), yet many of them had never heard of it, new research has revealed.
Belgian startup Morrow has added Zeiss Ventures to its list of backers, which have collectively invested more than €25m (NZ$40.7m) to help bring its liquid crystal display (LCD) auto-focusing spectacles to market.
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) and Alcon have engaged international dry eye specialists, Professors James Wolffsohn (Aston University, UK), Jennifer Craig (Auckland University, New Zealand) and Lyndon Jones (Waterloo University, Canada) to develop education tools for eyecare practitioners acro
Despite Covid and the lack of face-to-face meeting opportunities, the fifth workshop of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) is proceeding apace with the aim of submitting the final report early next year for assessment and then release, said chair Professor Jennifer Craig.
EssilorLuxottica has acquired the remaining 50% of ophthalmic lens company Kibbutz Shamir it didn’t own.