Eye-health-promo game launched
The American Optometric Association (AOA) has launched Blink Land, a single-player mobile game that teaches players about eye health and its relation to screen time.
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Lovers of Etnia
American singer and actress Selena Gomez has joined a long list of celebrities spotted wearing Etnia Barcelona. Gomez is pictured here in funky hexagon shape La Quinta Sun in black.
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Essilor’s ‘groundbreaking’ hearing and vision solution
EssilorLuxottica is entering the hearing solutions market with proprietary technology which combines prescription glasses and hearing solutions in one product.
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Cocoa Mint’s visionary new frames
Following the release of its Eco-Conscious collection in 2019, Eyespace has made over 20% of its frames portfolio sustainable.
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Optom insurance scheme switches up
CMI Optical and new insurance partner, Clarity Insurance Brokers, have signed up more than 100 optometry practices to the new optometry practice-focused OptiSure scheme.
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Thumbs up for Demodex blepharitis treatment
The phase 2b/3 study of Tarsus Pharmaceuticals’ lotilaner 0.25% ophthalmic solution has shown it to be safe and effective in treating Demodex blepharitis, reported researchers. The US-based Virginia
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Hoya boosts sales team
Glenn McGovern has joined Hoya as a New Zealand sales consultant. “With over 25 years’ optical knowledge and extensive experience within the wholesale and retail markets, we are certain Glenn will be a valuable addition to the team,” said Stuart Whelan, sales manager at Hoya Lens New Zealand.
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Marchon expands sales team
Marchon Eyewear Australia has appointed Jon Borham to the position of regional vice president of sales.
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Specsavers appoints head of stores
Specsavers has appointed Paul Rolfe to the newly created role, head of stores NZ, to support the company’s optics and audiology business in New Zealand. Rolfe said he hopes to accelerate the performance of both. “In the past few years, I’ve worked alongside hundreds of partners and support-office co
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OCT and AI flag Parkinson’s risk
Researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital said they identified markers from OCT retinal scans which identified Parkinson’s disease in patients, on average, seven years before they were diagnosed. The
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Syfovre side-effect blow
Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Syfovre, the first FDA-approved drug for geographic atrophy, has been associated with six cases of occlusive retinal vasculitis, warned The American Society of Retinal
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Rethinking corneal immune cells
Using a new imaging technique, University of Melbourne researchers have discovered the immune cells protecting the cornea are T cells, not dendritic (or Langerhans) cells, as was previously
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