The Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for Digital Health of the TU Dresden (Germany) and the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (Germany) is researching the use of context-sensitive data glasses in everyday clinical practice in cooperation with tooz technologies. As part of the research project, a system is to be developed at the Dresden campus…
The 20th China (Shanghai) International Optics Fair, scheduled to be held in Shanghai in February, has been relayed to May 6-8, 2021, at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center (SWEECC). The descision was taken in compliance to China State Council’s ‘guidance to implement joint prevention and control mechanism on the normalization and containment of…
Funds advised by Apax (the “Apax Funds”) have announced an agreement to acquire Rodenstock from Compass Partners. Founded in 1877, Rodenstock has been a global leader in prescription lenses for over 140 years. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Rodenstock employs around 4,900 people worldwide and is represented by sales subsidiaries and distribution partners in more than…
EssilorLuxottica has entered into an agreement to acquire U.S. based lab network Walman. Walman, which has been a leading partner to vision care practices around the country for more than 100 years, will draw on EssilorLuxottica’s focus on product and service innovation to create growth opportunities for the company. “Walman is a company we’ve admired…
Today the President of MIDO, Giovanni Vitaloni, met online all the stakeholders of the trade show to announce that, at the moment, the situation does not allow MIDO 2021 to go ahead as planned. From 5 to 7 June the event for the world eyewear industry will move online.The in-person edition of the show is…
The Vision Council, co-organizer of Vision Expo with Reed Exhibitions, announces that registration for Vision Expo East 2021, taking place June 2–5 in Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center, opens today, Monday, March 22 under the banner of ONE Vision – ONE Focus – ONE Future. Hotel reservations at Vision Expo’s official partner…
The Vision Council and Reed Exhibitions, organizers of Vision Expo, have updated VisionSAFE, the comprehensive set of health and safety guidelines, policies and resources designed to support a safe experience at Vision Expo East 2021, with specific guidelines for exhibitors. An exhibitor FAQs document is now available to view on the website, which provides detailed information on booth specifications, cleaning…
The Vision Council has released the results of the February 2021 Eyecare Provider Insights Survey. The Vision Council fielded the survey to the organization’s panel of more than 1,700 eyecare providers during the last week of February. The survey, which launched in March 2020 and is being conducted on an ongoing basis to track the state of…
The Board of Directors of EssilorLuxottica met on March 11, 2021 to approve the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. These financial statements were audited by the Statutory Auditors whose certification report is in the process of being issued. “To really understand what EssilorLuxottica is made of, just look at how…
Allergan, an AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) company, announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for investigational AGN-190584 (pilocarpine 1.25%) ophthalmic solution for the treatment of presbyopia. The FDA is expected to act on the NDA by the end of 2021. Approximately 128 million adults in the U.S….
