Interview: George Sarrouf, founder mark’ennovy
Bespoke contact lens manufacturer mark’ennovy celebrated its 20th anniversary in May this year. Jo Gallacher visited the company’s headquarters in Madrid to talk with founder George Sarrouf
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An eye on global expansion
Looking at labs: Spanish ‘made to measure’ firm eyes global expansion
With a brand new fleet of robots in the mark’ennovy lab, the contact lens ...
Tried and tested: Acuvue Vita
Tried and tested: Acuvue Vita
Vita is comfortable and on first wear is hardly perceptible
New daily disposable toric
New daily disposable toric CL for demanding days
A new silicone hydrogel daily disposable toric combines two unique ...
CooperVision toric lens
CooperVision toric lens expands customer choice
CooperVision last month launched a new daily contact lens for patients with ...
Love your lens wearers
How to handle complaints about contact lenses
Richard Edwards gives his view on complaints relating to contact lens wear
Case study: Multifocal trial
Case study: Large spheres, small cylinders
Bill Harvey reports the results when he used the CooperVision app to prescribe ...
Tried and tested
Tried and tested: Alcon Dailies Total 1 Multifocal
We trial the Alcon Dailies Total 1 Multifocal
Modular manufacturing
Contact point: Lens manufacturing at the heart of Europe
Seeing a contact lens made for the first time is often a revelation for ...
Looking at labs: Making contacts at No 7
Making contacts at No 7
Mike Hale visits Hastings to get the inside story on No 7 Contact Lenses and its latest products
In focus: Opening practitioners eyes to the new digital age
The new digital age
Bausch and Lomb has introduced a contact lens it says is ready for the digital age but are practitioners ready to fit it? Chris Bennett reports from the Ultra launch in Warwickshire
BCLA: Bringing compliance up to scratch
BCLA UK conference
The Belfry in Birmingham, best known as a high end golf destination, played host to eye care professionals eager to learn more about contact lenses last month. Joe Ayling reports from the revamped BCLA UK conference where contact lens compliance was high on the agenda
Mass market solutions for digital eye strain
Bausch and Lomb launch
Technology and the strain it's putting on our eyes was the main talking point during the UK launch of Bausch and Lomb’s Ultra contact lens at an event in London last month. Joe Ayling reports
Bausch and Lomb: Secrets of the polymers
Secrets of the polymers
Bausch and Lomb is getting ready to launch its latest contact lens – Ultra – in the UK and Ireland in July 2016. Optician spoke to Dr Hook, the scientist responsible for creating this new lens material, to hear what makes it different
A new contact lens for demanding days
New lens for demanding days
As lifestyles become ever more demanding, contact lenses need to keep pace. Marcella McParland, Brian Pall and Cristina Schnider describe the concepts behind a new daily disposable lens designed to meet specific patient needs: Acuvue Oasys 1-Day with HydraLuxe
In focus: A smart way forward for contact lenses?
A smart way forward for CLs?
The potential of smart contact lenses has received much fanfare in recent years. With more major technology players entering the fray, Simon Jones looks at some of the touted technologies and considers the clinical implications of wearing a smart contact lens
In Focus: GOC puts contact lens code on backburner
In Focus
This week the GOC announced a delayed scheduling of its code of practice for internet contact lens sellers – at the same time slimming down its requirements. Joe Ayling reports
Materials: Inspired by the science of tears
Materials: Inspired by the ...
A better understanding of how contact lenses interact with the eye and the tear film is helping to develop new material technologies, as Bart Johnson, Dr Brian Pall and Dr Charles Scales report
Optrafair: Contact lenses for the digital age
Optrafair: Contact lenses for ...
Comfort and an aging population are the usual drivers for the contact lens market but It was the digital age not demographics driving the sector at this year’s Optrafair
Bloodstained tears for child contact lens patient
Bloodstained tears for child ...
An 11-year-old patient in Hong Kong ended up wearing a rigid orthokeratology contact lens for two years after it was presumed lost by the child’s parent
