Ophthalmologist and medical researcher Professor Bill Morgan has been appointed managing director of Lions Eye Institute.Having served as acting MD for six months, Prof Morgan was the natural choice
The annual New Zealand Optometrist Association (NZAO) conference is now open for registration. This year the conference will be held on 18-19 October in sunny Hawkes Bay. The venue will be the refurbished Napier Conference Centre on Marine Parade.
US researchers have been given a US$1.5million grant from the US National Institute of Health to discover if proteins in tears can predict glaucoma.
Dita Eyewear has signed an exclusive, long-term licensing agreement with New York-based fashion house Alexander Wang for the worldwide manufacture and distribution of a range of Alexander Wang sunglasses and opticals.
Blackfin is once again the official partner of the classic motorsport race Modena Cento Ore, the only race in Italy and one of just a few globally where drivers race on a track and in special stages on roads closed to traffic.
In a US$63 billion deal, US pharmaceutical company Abbvie has announced it is to takeover fellow pharma giant, Irish-based Allergan.Abbvie Chairman and CEO Richard Gonzalez will continue to lead the
Queen’s Birthday Honours have been awarded to two prominent figures in the field of eye care. Auckland-based Professor Charles McGhee has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for
UNICEF, the University of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) have joined forces to tackle retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in preterm babies in PNG.
Breakthroughs in healthcare can come from unusual places, said Assistant Professor Jianzhong Chen, and he and his colleagues may have discovered a new one for dry eye.
Medsafe has opened a public consultation on plans to introduce new labelling requirements for non-active substances in medicines that may cause allergic reactions. Group Manager Chris James said:
The third World Council of Optometry’s joint conference with the American Academy of Optometry, will be held on 23-27 October this year at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida. The event will feature over 450 hours of clinical education led by distinguished speakers and world-reno
New Zealand’s first Wellbeing Budget made an ‘unprecedented investment’ in hospitals and health facilities, responding to years of under-investment by the previous government.
