All Lenses

Focus on the new at BCLA

Photochromic contact lenses, myopia control and extended depth of focus designs were creating a buzz at the BCLA, Chris Bennett reports

Practitioner and patient exper

David Webley and Mailie Fournier take a look at findings from a recent survey into the performance of the clariti 1 day contact lens

Light management

Johnson and Johnson Vision hopes to create a new contact lens category with its photochromic contact lens, Acuvue Oasys with Transitions Light Intelligent Technology. Chris Bennett finds out more

Telling tales of torics

Optician invited contact lens companies to take part in a product round-up and submit a toric lens description to show what’s on the market today

Cantor & Nissel has carved its own niche as a manufacturer of specialist lenses for a full range of prescriptions and patient conditions. Joe Ayling visited the company’s Northamptonshire headquarters to interview long-standing chairman David Cantor

Summit to think about

Fitting wearers with the healthiest contact lens option is what everybody wants so why doesn’t it always happen? Chris Bennett reports from CooperVision’s inaugural European Media Summit

Finding your range

Sean Rai-Roche invited contact lens companies to submit their choice of product, along with details and a description, to take part in Optician’s round-up

Making an impact

Bill Harvey looks at the results of new data from a trial of the CooperVision MiSight lens used in myopia control

CL Product of the Year

The runaway winner of this year’s Contact Lens Product of the Year category was Coopervision’s Misight 1 day. Chris Bennett sees what went into making it a winner

Sowing the seed for growth

The boss of Japanese contact lens firm SEED paid a visit to Leighton Buzzard last month following its acquisition of CLPL UltraVision. Joe Ayling reports

Lens waste: Indecent disposal

David Wilson explores how contact lenses slip into sewers and fuel the micro-plastics plague in the earth’s oceans

Linking speciality CLs

Contact lens material maker Contamac is looking to educate and inform the public, practitioners and manufacturers using a new web portal, Chris Bennett finds out why

Introducing aloe vera

Elena Ruiz introduces a multipurpose solution for conventional and silicone hydrogel materials which includes aloe vera as an anti-irritant

Contact lens moulds

Optician speaks to Nigel Flowers about the process and the importance of precision and quality in contact lens moulding

Hybrid lenses review

Drop out from contact lens wear continues to be a problem so everything that helps patients stay in lenses is worth consideration. Chris Bennett asks if hybrid contact lenses can help by offering the advantages of both hard and soft lenses