Sunday, 4 July 2010

New Safety Glasses a Hit
Topic: Safety Eyewear

Energy Telecom is ordering more of its safety eyewear with telecommunications capabilities because demand has been running higher than expected. Meanwhile SafetyOnline.com is reminding its readers that 90% of all eye injuries, especially on the job, could have been prevented with safety glasses.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 11:50 PM EDT
Updated: Friday, 16 July 2010 1:40 PM EDT
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CLs and Eyewear in Sports
Topic: Contact Lenses

Colorado Rockies's first baseman Todd Helton thinks contact lenses will help him out of the worst slump of his career.

Meanwhile the Dutch soccer fans decided they need orange CLs when their team met up with world soccer powerhouse Brazil.

Oakley announced that customers now can design their won performance sunglasses just like the riders in the Tour de France.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 11:47 PM EDT
Updated: Monday, 5 July 2010 12:02 AM EDT
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R&M Releases Contact Lens Report
Topic: Contact Lenses

Research and Markets recently released a report on the worldwide contact lens marketing.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 11:46 PM EDT
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Abbot Comes Out with New Solution
Topic: Contact Lenses
The Wall Street Journal recently noted that Abbot has come out with a new contact lens solution, called RivaLense, a multipurpose solution for cleaning and storing.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 2:39 PM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 4 July 2010 11:56 PM EDT
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New Hydrogel for Continuous Wear CLs
Topic: Contact Lenses
Ocutec reportedly received approval from the European equivalent of the FDA for a new type of hydrogel to be used in contact lenses. The hydrogel is made from polyethylene gylcol as opposed to silicone.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 2:32 PM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 4 July 2010 11:57 PM EDT
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Ciba Vision Challenges Patent Ruling
Topic: Contact Lenses
Bloomberg News reports that Novartis AG's Ciba Vision has appealed a decision by a court in the United Kingdom. The court recently ruled that Johnson & Johnson had not infringed on its copyright for contact lenses. Novartis argued that courts in the Netherlands and France came to different conclusions.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 2:20 PM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 4 July 2010 11:57 PM EDT
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Cosmetic Lenses Dangerous?
Topic: Contact Lenses

The New York Times explored the reasons why cosmetic contat lneses pose a danger, especially to teenagers. The article appears two months after Connecticut's Attorney General cracked down on retailers selling them illegally. Linda Conlin launched her first column in Eye Witness magazine, which will appear soon.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 2:10 PM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 4 July 2010 11:59 PM EDT
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