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November 13, 2008Will contact lens solutions cost more to ship and store?
Analysis of: Eye Infection Epidemic Traced To Reduced Antifungal Properties Of Contact Lens Solution In High Temperatures | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: Steve Rubinstein, Optometrist, Sound Shore Vision Care
A new study in Archives of Ophthalmology, November 2008 indicates that a reason for the large number of infections from Bausch & Lomb's Renu Moisture Loc solution was due to poor temperature control reducing antifungal and antimicrobial efficacy.
November 4, 2008Lasik, Pharma, and Cataracts...are they recession proof?
Analysis of: Value Stocks in the Eye of the Storm? | news.morningstar.com
Author: Steve Rubinstein, Optometrist, Sound Shore Vision Care
The article goes into the four major eye care markets that have a mix of reimbursed, and consumer driven areas. It describes the issues I face as a provider of these products.
October 6, 2008A new lens for computer users?
Analysis of: PixelOptics focuses on new lens | www.roanoke.com
Author: Steve Rubinstein, Optometrist, Sound Shore Vision Care
This eyeglass lens designer, Ron Blum has created a new type of Progressive Addition Lens about 6 years ago. It created a new market in Ultra-Premium lenses. Now he is attempting to create a new lens for computer users. I look forward to its introduction next month, and to the creation of new profit...
September 22, 2008Working with Silcione Hydrogels is not easy!
Analysis of: Ahead of the Bell: Cooper Cos. | www.forbes.com
Author: Steve Rubinstein, Optometrist, Sound Shore Vision Care
This article mentions two major contact lens manufacturers, CooperVision and Vistakon (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson), with difficulties actually making silicone hydrogel contact lenses that can be sold successfully.
September 22, 2008A new Contact Lens material by 2009?
Analysis of: Ocutec wins backing for contact lens venture | www.theherald.co.uk
Author: Steve Rubinstein, Optometrist, Sound Shore Vision Care
A new material that is easier to produce contact lenses with may decrease the cost of producing contact lenses. A major difficulty in producing today's silicone hydrogels is production costs.
September 19, 2008
Overdramatization
Analysis of: CooperVision Introduces Avaira™ Two-Week Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses | www.coopervision.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
OverdramatizationAnalysis of: CooperVision Introduces Avaira™ Two-Week Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses | www.coopervision.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
To assert that Cooper needs the Avaira to be successful to be a player in the soft contact lens market is simply overly dramatic.
Cooper has one of the largest portfolios of soft contact lens product of all of the big 4 manufacturers - B&L, Ciba, and Vistakon. They have...
August 26, 2008New non steroidal anti-inflamatory for diabetic retinopathy?
Analysis of: Pfizer Inc. Cancels Phase III of Glaucoma Drug Research in Asia | www.biospace.com
Author: Steve Rubinstein, Optometrist, Sound Shore Vision Care
The new prostaglandin analog is not what i find interesting in this article. A new treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy sounds much more interesting
July 3, 2008An illegal use of Lumigan, now legal?
Analysis of: Longer Lashes in a Tube? Maybe Not | www.nytimes.com
Author: Steve Rubinstein, Optometrist, Sound Shore Vision Care
A few months ago, a small company tried to import Lumigan (bimatoprost), licensed by Allergan, in an eyelash applicator. It was held by the FDA as an unapproved use of a prescription medication. Now the owner of the patent is trying to import the same drug legally.
June 3, 2008Announcing the 1-Day Acuvue TruEye a New Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lens
Analysis of: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Announces First Daily Disposable Silicone Hydrogel at BCLA | www.cltoday.com
Author: Steve Rubinstein, Optometrist, Sound Shore Vision Care
This is the first announcement anywhere in the world about a daily disposable contact lens that is in a breathable silicone hydrogel material. Will it make it across the ocean?
May 15, 2008Will The Avaira Take Market Share From Oaysis?
Analysis of: CooperVision Introduces Avaira™ Two-Week Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses | www.coopervision.com
Author: Steve Rubinstein, Optometrist, Sound Shore Vision Care
Can Cooper take over the 2 week spherical contact lens market? Can it make a dent in the market share of the industry leader in the silicone hydrogel field? Initial results look good. A definite maybe!
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