Contamac and Brien Holden to develop myopia control contact lenses

Ophthalmic materials firm Contamac and Brien Holden Vision Institute have entered into a multi-year licence to commercialise and distribute customised Silicone Hydrogel and GP contact lens products.

The tie-up would utilise background intellectual property on myopia control from the Brien Holden Vision Institute, a company statement said.

‘We hear time and time again that eye care professionals are regularly practising myopia control with contact lenses in their patients, with recent reports suggesting that this number could be as high as 24 per cent, and, most importantly, the interest within the specialty contact lens industry is growing ever so rapidly,’ said Martin Dalsing, Contamac’s director of global strategy and business development.