Miami-based Heru, a Bascom Palmer Eye Institute spinoff, has secured US$30 million series A financing to advance its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered eye diagnostic and vision-correction technology platform.
Significant gaps exist in public awareness of dry eye disease (DED), its symptoms and treatments, including among people who have experienced symptoms themselves, a UK survey has found.
Face à Face’s new model Shift offsets the frame edge with a coloured geometric block, adding interest and structure to the shape. The vibrant colour range is available in a cat's eye panto and a
Visus Therapeutics has received FDA approval to begin clinical development of Brimochol, its presbyopia-correcting eye drop. A combination of the FDA-approved drugs carbachol (which reduces pupil size) and brimonidine (which sustains that effect while diminishing side effects), Brimochol is designed
Despite Melbourne’s recent lockdown, O=Mega21 organisers are pushing ahead with the region’s much-anticipated, largest annual optometry conference and eyecare show in the Southern Hemisphere and are hoping many New Zealand-based optometrists will attend.
Costco New Zealand is on track to open in early 2022 near Auckland’s Westgate Shopping Centre and is recruiting for senior roles.
In response to enquiries, New Zealand’s Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB) has confirmed that using amniotic membranes (AM) for patient care is within an optometrists’ scope of
Zeiss has appointed former managing director of Carl Zeiss Vision South Africa, Gail Giordani, to the role of head of Vision Care for Australia and New Zealand.
Ophthalmology New Zealand (ONZ) has launched a new Facebook site to educate and inform the general public about ophthalmology and eyecare in New Zealand.
Re:Vision has appointed Gale Wieland as its new practice and executive team leader.
2021 marks the 175th anniversary of the famous scientific optics company Zeiss, which has played a key role in the evolution of microscopy, ophthalmology and optometry, and even the 1969 Moon landing.
The ZEISS CT LUCIA 621P/PY is a new generation of aspheric, monofocal, hydrophobic C-loop intraocular lens (IOL) featuring the patented ZEISS Optic (ZO) asphericity concept, designed to provide exceptional vision for a broad variety of eyes. Due to its architecture, this fully preloaded IOL enables