Most Astigmatic Patients Would Try Daily Disposable Lenses On Doctor’s Recommendation
According to a recent study commissioned by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care’s Vistakon division, the vast majority of astigmatic patients would try daily disposable contact lenses if they were recommended by their doctors. The study involved 94 doctors and 333 astigmatic patients as part of an In Market Assessment (IMA) for the company’s new daily…
Further Research Needed To Make Daily Disposables Perfect
The future holds many possibilities for contact lenses, including ways to treat eye diseases by delivering medication or serving as miniature displays for real-time health information. However, the focus at present is to create the perfect contact lens for purely vision correction purposes. This means developing a lens that effectively does its job without being…
Newly Developed Contacts Can Be Used To Deliver Eye Medication
Glaucoma tops the list of causes of irreversible blindness. It is commonly treated through a drug called latanoprost, which is delivered in the form of eye drops. However, eye drops have long been established as a generally inefficient drug delivery method. The idea of using contact lenses as a drug delivery vehicle is almost five…