Olivia Ashley has joined MSO as its new office administrator. Ashley will be running the day-to-day operation of MSO’s office and warehouse, and support the sales team, said director Gethin Sladen. “Olivia brings MSO youthful eyes and ideas to ensure our customers are getting the MSO service we are
Celebrating the achievements of progressive lens inventor Bernard Maitenaz, the International Opticians Association (IOA) honoured his enduring contribution to optics with a posthumous Special Recognition Award at Silmo 2021.
The government’s stipulation that anyone providing a health service in close contact with the public be fully vaccinated is being welcomed by eyecare professionals as another step to control the virus, protect colleagues, their families and the wider community, and return to some semblance of busine
Eyewear designer turned writer Maarten Weidema has created a must-have coffee-table book for all eyewear aficionados, Amazing Eyewear – The Holy Grail on Eyewear Design.
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) plans to canvas optometrists across the globe to obtain a snapshot of their education status, local legislative factors, scope and practice restrictions.
On 14 October, World Sight Day was marked across the world with celebrations kicking off from Aotearoa’s southernmost tip in Bluff at the Land’s End Boutique Hotel.
The Orthokeratology Society of Oceania (OSO) is running a special education and movie event in Wellington, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth on Sunday 21 November, featuring the latest in ortho-k and myopia control complete with No Time To Die, the latest James Bond film.
As part of this year’s World Sight Day #LoveYourEyes campaign, sight tests were carried out at some of the world’s most famous sights including Mount Everest, Tower Bridge in London, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and Mount Kilimanjaro. The success of this year’s event was unparalleled, said P
Oyster Point Pharma has received US FDA approval for Tyrvaya (varenicline) nasal spray for dry eye disease (DED). "The approval of Tyrvaya nasal spray marks a milestone for patients and eyecare
A US study has found that an enzyme, genetically reactivated, showed promise for preventing vision loss from serious retinal injury, including optic nerve damage, and from retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy (DR) and glaucoma by protecting retinal ganglion cells.
Transitions Optical is running a competition in the lead up to Christmas, giving eyecare professionals (ECPs) the chance to win a brand-new MG ZST Essence and lots of other summer goodies.
Researchers at the University of Bradford, UK, have applied for a patent for a new technique that they say will effectively enable the body to ‘grow’ a new cornea to restore sight to patients blinded due to corneal injury.