World's first daily disposable

- By the 'world first' definition composed by Johnson & Johnson (Optician, December 1 2006, letter by Messrs Meyler and Ruston) it was not a 'world-first' when Neil Armstrong, on 20 July 1969, stepped onto the moon. According to them this historic landing would be little more than some media publicity and a 'world-first' would only occur when moon-trips are commercially available to the public via a 'product launch'. All achievements prior to that don't really countsurely a very selective view of the world?

J&J advertising describes 1-day Acuvue as 'the world's first contact lens designed to be worn for a day, then thrown away'. This is not true. J&J's June 1993 Las Vegas launch was little better than old-wine in new bottles even if they were filled on 'dedicated production lines'.