Myopia News Briefs
Nevakar/Zhaoke Ophthalmology Enter Licensing Agreement for NVK-002 Atropine
October 20, 2020 Bridgewater, NJ (USA) and Hong Kong S.A.R., October 20, 2020 – Nevakar Inc., a privately held, late-stage, biopharmaceutical company developing multiple innovative medications in the ophthalmic and hospital injectable areas, and Zhaoke (Hong Kong) Ophthalmology Pharmaceutical Ltd....
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36CORE and Myopia Profile Form Alliance
November 30, 2020 WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada and BRISBANE, Australia – The Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) and Myopia Profile have...
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114Webinar: Your Myopia Marketing Isn’t Working. Here’s Why
November 25, 2020 In this webinar Matt Oerding, MBA, explores some common challenges that optometrists face when trying to implement myopia management...
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726American Academy of Ophthalmology Leads Global Initiative to Address Worldwide Myopia Epidemic
November 12, 2020 The number of Americans who are nearsighted has nearly doubled over the last 50 years to 41.6 percent. This...
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745CooperVision’s Brilliant Futures Myopia Management Program Expands Globally
November 10, 2020 Less than a year after debuting its Brilliant Futures – Myopia Management Program featuring the MiSight 1 day contact lens in the United...
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549Webinar on Managing Myopia With Multifocal Contact Lenses Available Online
November 10, 2020 Managing Myopia with Multifocal Contact Lenses This course briefly describes what myopia is, why it might progress, how to...
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450First Patient Completes Three-Year Enrollment in Nevakar’s Phase III CHAMP Study of NVK-002
November 9, 2020 Nevakar Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing multiple products in the ophthalmic and injectable areas, announced today that the first...
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339Third ‘Leveling Up in Myopia Management’ Webinar Series Now Free Online
November 4, 2020 The third of three webinars from the “Leveling Up in Myopia Management” series is now available online. The video features Vishakha...
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914THE Myopia Meeting Fall Series Begins Nov. 4
November 2, 2020 THE Myopia Meeting series offers webinars for eye care professionals interested in learning from the experts about how...
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1.3KSecond ‘Leveling Up in Myopia Management’ Webinar Series Now Free Online
October 29, 2020 The second of three webinars from the “Leveling Up in Myopia Management” series is now available online. The video features Maria Walker, OD,...
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703Blanchard Contact Lenses Adds Paragon CRT to Product Portfolio
October 27, 2020 Blanchard Contact Lenses, a CooperVision Specialty EyeCare company, announced today that it has expanded its product portfolio in the United...
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515New Research on the Potential Myopia Risk from Near Work
Oct. 15, 2020 A new study by researchers at the University of Houston College of Optometry aimed to gauge the potential myopia...
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413Vision Expo’s Virtual Vision Series Offers Myopia Session
October 19, 2020 Vision Expo’s Virtual Vision Series will host an hour-long webinar on November 5 featuring Justin Kwan, OD, FAAO, CooperVision’s...
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Second Exclusive License Strengthens Bausch + Lomb’s Global Research Focus on Myopia
Oct. 15, 2020 SYDNEY and LAVAL, QC – Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) (“Bausch Health”) and Bausch + Lomb, its leading global eye...
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408CooperVision Promotes Michele Andrews, OD to Vice President, Professional & Government Affairs
Oct. 15, 2020 CooperVision, Inc. has promoted Michele Andrews, OD, to vice president, Professional & Government Affairs, Americas. In this newly created...
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386New Paper Presents Visual Impairment as Function of Age and Axial Length
Oct. 15, 2020 Johnson & Johnson Vision released a paper on “A Model of Visual Impairment as a Function of Age and Axial...
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1.2KBausch Health Licenses Eyenovia’s Investigational Treatment for the Reduction of Pediatric Myopia Progression
October 12, 2020 Bausch Health Companies and Eyenovia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYEN) today announced that an affiliate of Bausch Health has acquired an...
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1.7KCooperVision Presents Six-Year Data from MiSight 1 Day Study
October 12, 2020 CooperVision is reporting the latest findings from its landmark MiSight 1 day clinical study, providing new insights about myopia...
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1.0KSilmo d’Or Winners Are Myopia Related
October 9, 2020 Two winners of the Silmo d’Or awards are related to myopia management. This year’s awards ceremony was virtual, streamed...
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696Sightglass Vision Reports 12-month Results for its CYPRESS Study
October 9, 2020 An ongoing CYPRESS study of Sightglass Vision’s novel eyeglasses designed to slow progression of myopia in children “demonstrated the...
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773CooperVision Specialty EyeCare’s Paragon CRT Contact Lenses Receive CE Mark for Slowing the Progression of Myopia
October 8, 2020 CooperVision Specialty EyeCare announced today that its Paragon CRT and Paragon CRT Dual Axis contact lenses have received CE Marking for...
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531First Webinar of ‘Leveling Up in Myopia Management’ Series
October 8, 2020 The first of three webinars from the Leveling Up in Myopia Management series is now available online. The video...
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452Nevakar’s MyMyopia.com Site Supports World Sight Day
October 7, 2020 In support of the October 8 World Sight Day, an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on...
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516Euclid To Host Webinar: ‘Optimizing OrthoK Outcomes with Topography’ Oct. 28
An important skill to become adept at for OrthoK fits, corneal topography also plays an important role in monitoring OrthoK patients during...
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1.2KEssilor’s Stellest Lens Shown to Slow Myopia Progression in Children in One-year Interim Clinical Trial
September 28, 2020 Interim findings after one year of an ongoing clinical trial of Essilor’s Stellest lens show more than 60% slowdown...
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1.6KPositive Five-Year Data Show Long-Term Benefit in Children Wearing VTI’s Contact Lenses
September 28, 2020 U.S.-based medical device company Visioneering Technologies has released positive five-year data for its NaturalVue (etafilcon A) Multifocal 1 Day...
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1.0KWomen In Optometry’s 2020 Women’s Leadership Conference Co-Locates At The Academy Of Optometry 2020 At Home Event
September 21, 2020 Women In Optometry’s (WO) annual 2020 Women’s Leadership Conference will take place during the American Academy of Optometry’s Academy 2020...
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2.0KCOPE-Approved Myopia Management Webinars Offer Free CE Starting September 30
September 9, 2020 With childhood myopia rising rapidly and the age of onset lowering, it’s no wonder myopia management is the hottest...
