Optician news in brief

Optegra has made a new wet AMD treatment available at its eye hospital in Manchester. The company said Oraya Therapy Stereotactic Radiotherapy was a one-time outpatient procedure to reduce the need for routine anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections into the eye. The treatment, using a low-voltage X-Ray source with advanced robotics and taking 20 minutes, has already been introduced at the Optegra Surrey Eye Hospital in Guildford.

Practitioners ordering at least 50 pairs of lenses from the new Shamir Autograph III range will be rewarded with a city break. The lens company said those who ordered 50 pairs during the September to November promotion would be treated to a UK city break for two valued at £500. Hitting the target of 100 pairs won a European city break worth £1,000 and selling 150 pairs earned an international break valued at £2,000.