Specsavers’ Health Hub live
Specsavers has launched Health Hub, a new online platform dedicated to recording and sharing insights on eye health with the wider New Zealand and Australian industry.
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Optometry News
Silmo d’Or 2020
For the first time, the 27th Silmo d’Or award winners were revealed in a virtual ceremony hosted by Silmo Paris president Amélie Morel.
Susanne Bradley3 min read
CLs for ocular drug delivery?
Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney and Uka Tarsadia University in India have joined forces to investigate the potential of contact lenses as a drug delivery system to control, manage and treat various ocular diseases.
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Kiwi to chair next TFOS workshop
Associate Professor Jennifer Craig, head of the Ocular Surface Laboratory at the University of Auckland, has been named as the new chair of the highly anticipated next Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) Workshop.
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Etnia Barcelona: back to nature
Etnia Barcelona’s new collection, ‘Terra. Still I Rise’, is a return to what’s closest to us - the earth beneath our feet, reflecting the recent Covid-forced exodus from the city to the countryside.
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Vivity unveiled virtually
Alcon launched their new Vivity intraocular lens (IOL) to New Zealand ophthalmologists in a virtual event on 24 September. There has been a lot of excitement about Vivity as early studies indicated it offers the benefits of multifocality without the side effects of a diffractive multifocal lens.
Dr Ben LaHood4 min read
MDNZ welcomes new manager
Macular Degeneration New Zealand (MDNZ) has appointed Anna Crane as its new general manager, replacing long-serving, well-known MDNZ stalwart Phillippa Pitcher who’s retiring.
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Promising RP drug heads to clinical trial
Perth-based Lions Eye Institute (LEI) and PYC Therapeutics’ experimental drug for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is now scheduled for human clinical trials in 2021. The novel drug CPP-ASOs
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The iStent evolves
Glaukos has unveiled its next generation trabecular micro-bypass technology, the iStent inject W, the latest evolution of Glaukos’ microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) device. Designed to treat primary open-angle glaucoma by creating a bypass through the trabecular meshwork, it provides a direct ch
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Smartphone retinal imaging 2.0
Award-winning medical technology social enterprise oDocs has launched its new and improved smartphone-based retinal imaging adapter, VisoScope 2.0, designed for retinal examination and photo documentation.
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ACOD’s new Kiwi home
The Australasian College of Optical Dispensing (ACOD) and OptiBlocks-combined workshops have moved to a new home with Kiwi frame wholesaler CMI Optical in Birkenhead, Auckland.
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Te Puia Springs’ first eye clinic
History was made on the 23 June with the inaugural eye clinic held at Te Puia Springs Hospital on the East Coast.
Dr Dan Scott2 min read