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PRESS RELEASE April 20, 2010
PARENTS NOT PROVIDING ADEQUATE UV PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN’S EYES
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 20, 2010) – While 85 percent of Americans recognize that ultraviolet (UV) rays can damage their eyes, only 65 percent wear sunglasses as protection, and even fewer (39 percent) make sure their children wear sunglasses. By comparison, 78 percent make sure their children wear sunscreen when outdoors.*
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PRESS RELEASE February 03, 2010
INFORMATION NOTICE ON STOLEN ACUVUE® OASYS™ BRAND CONTACT LENSES FROM JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigations, the Orlando, FL District Office, and other law enforcement officials to recover cases of certain lots of retail-ready contact lenses which were stolen from a secure freight consolidation facility in Elizabeth, NJ sometime between January 16-17, 2010.
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PRESS RELEASE September 21, 2009
CHILDREN REQUIRING VISION CORRECTION ARE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY WEAR DAILY DISPOSABLE CONTACT LENSES, CLIP STUDY IN SINGAPORE SHOWS
A high proportion of Singaporean children requiring vision correction are able to successfully wear daily disposable contact lenses over a three-month period, according to a new study.
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PRESS RELEASE August 25, 2009
ARE PARENTS A BARRIER TO CONTACT LENS WEAR BY CHILDREN?
Parents and children don't always see eye to eye when it comes to vision correction, according to a survey of parents of vision-corrected children 8-17 years old conducted by Fairfield Research...
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PRESS RELEASE June 25, 2009
GIRLS' OVERALL SELF-WORTH IMPROVES WITH CONTACT LENS WEAR, STUDY SHOWS 
While both boys and girls experience value-added benefits beyond vision correction, girls experience stronger boost in self esteem with switch to contacts from glasses
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PRESS RELEASE May 7, 2009
NEW "HEALTHY EYES FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE” BROCHURE OFFERS PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS ADVICE, INSIGHT ON THE ROLE OF VISION IN CHILDREN'S PERFORMANCE
What we see determines what we do; and for children in particular, good eye health and optimal vision are critical factors for better performance at school, at work and at play.
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PRESS RELEASE May 4, 2009
VISTAKON TO INTRODUCE ACUVUE® OASYS™ BRAND CONTACT LENSES for PRESBYOPIA
VISTAKON®, Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., today announced plans to introduce ACUVUE® OASYS™ Brand Contact Lenses for PRESBYOPIA. The lens, which is the first new multifocal contact lens from the makers of ACUVUE® in 11 years, will be gradually introduced in some U.S. eye care professionals’ offices beginning this month and distribution will grow throughout 2009.
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PRESS RELEASE April 7, 2009
ACUVUE® 2STRUGGLE WITH HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS WEAR INCREASES WITH AGE
IN YOUNG ADULTS, STUDY SHOWS
From the ages of 18 to 35, hydrogel contact lens wearers report an increasing struggle with contact lens wear and express more problems due to feelings of dryness and discomfort compared to silicone hydrogel wearers, a new study reveals. Older hydrogel contact lens wearers are much more likely to consider discontinuing contact lens wear compared with younger hydrogel wearers or silicone hydrogel contact lens wearers in general, data also shows.
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PRESS RELEASE March 26, 2009
ACUVUE® 2 WEARERS SEE IMPROVED LENS PERFOMANCE WITH ACUVUE® OASYS™
Patients give silicone hydrogel lens higher ratings in vision and comfort
Most loyal and happy wearers of ACUVUE® 2 Brand Contact Lenses who have tried ACUVUE® OASYS™ Brand Contact Lenses say they see improved lens performance with the contact lens made from senofilcon A, according to research from VISTAKON®, Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
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PRESS RELEASE March 6, 2009
ACUVUE® DIRECT™: Contact Lens Purchasing Made Easy
A new service available from VISTAKON®, a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. allows practitioners to offer their patients convenient contact lens delivery by mail.
The program, known as ACUVUE® DIRECT™, is designed to enhance patient convenience, improve patients’ contact lens wear habits and drive health education. ACUVUE® DIRECT™ has recently been tested in select markets and is now available nationwide.
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PRESS RELEASE March 5, 2009
Study Compares Fit, Visual Acuity, Comfort and Preference of ACUVUE® OASYS™ Brand Contact Lenses for for ASTIGMATISM™ and SofLens® Toric on Asian Eyes
ACUVUE® OASYS™ Brand Contact Lenses for ASTIGMATISM™ (VISTAKON®, Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.) when fit on patients with an Asian eye anatomy demonstrated a high fit success rate and a high level of acceptance over SofLens® Toric (Bausch & Lomb) based on comfort, vision and corneal physiology, according to new data presented at the 2009 meeting of the Southern Council of Optometrists (SECO).
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PRESS RELEASE March 2, 2009
CHILDREN'S SELF-PERCEPTIONS IMPROVE MORE WITH CONTACT LENSES vs. GLASSES
Contact lenses provide value-added benefits to children beyond simply correcting their nearsightedness — significantly improving how they feel about their physical appearance, acceptance among friends, and ability to play sports. Data from a three-year multi-site study assessing the effects of glasses and contact lenses on the self-perception of nearsighted children ages eight to 11 years, further reveals that for children who initially dislike wearing glasses, contact lenses also make them more confident about their academic performance.
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PRESS RELEASE October 2, 2008
VISTAKON® INTRODUCES ACUMINDER™ IN-OFFICE
ACUMINDER™ In-Office provides eye care professionals an opportunity to sign up patients for regular reminders to help them remember when to change their contact lenses, purchase new lenses, and schedule an eye exam. Introduced last year as a complimentary online service designed to help improve contact lens compliance and eye health for contact lens wearers, the free service allows patients to choose reminders that best fit their lifestyle – e-mail, text message, or downloadable desktop widget. To date, more than 15,000 contact lens wearers have signed up for ACUMINDER™ on either www.acuminder.com or the recently launched www.acuminder.com/facebook.
"ACUMINDER™ In-Office is a great, free tool that you and your staff can incorporate into an eye exam to encourage all contact lens wearers to adhere to proper wear and care schedules," explains Sheila Hickson-Curran, Director, Medical Affairs, VISTAKON®. "When your patients change their contacts on schedule, they are more likely to return for appointments on time and order contact lenses more often. It’s also a good way of further demonstrating your commitment to their ocular health."
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PRESS RELEASE September 16, 2008
Following complaint by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., court orders Ocular Insight, Inc. to discontinue certain advertising/promotional claims about its Clear 58® contact lenses
Following a complaint filed in July 2008 by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., a United States district court in New York has ordered Ocular Insight, Inc. to permanently discontinue stating or communicating in its advertising or promotional materials or activities for the company’s Clear 58® contact lenses in the United States, any of the following claims...
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PRESS RELEASE January 24, 2008
Unique Lens Material Helps Minimize Contact Lens Wearers’ Discomfort and Dryness Symptoms Under Adverse Environmental Conditions, Study Shows
New research suggests that a novel silicone hydrogel material could help keep contact lens wearers from discarding their contacts due to discomfort caused by feelings of dryness, the most commonly reported reason people discontinue contact lens wear. Using a controlled clinical model for evaluating dryness, researchers report that patients experienced less discomfort while wearing contact lenses made with senofilcon A (ACUVUE® OASYS™ Brand Contact Lenses) than they did either while wearing no lenses or while wearing their usual contact lenses in a controlled adverse environment.
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NEWS STORY
Contact Lens Approved for Use as Bandage Lens
November 6, 2007
Ophthalmology Times E-News
A contact lens (ACUVUE® OASYS™, VISTAKON®) has received FDA approval for therapeutic use as a bandage lens for certain acute and chronic ocular conditions.
"The wettability, smoothness, flexibility, high [level of] oxygen transmissibility, comfort, and Class I [ultraviolet light]-blocking properties of [the lens] make it an excellent choice for therapeutic use as a bandage lens for a range of conditions," said Sheila Hickson-Curran, Director, Medical Affairs, VISTAKON®.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The Vision Care Institute™, LLC Launches Monthly Podcasts for Eye Care Professionals
Vision Monday VMail Newsletter
The Vision Care Institute™, LLC is now offering a free monthly podcast to eye care professionals, featuring interviews with ECPs on the latest in eye health.
The first podcast, "Improving Compliance Through Communication," includes interviews with Walt West, OD, and optician J. Paige Pantall. Future topics include "Higher Order Aberrations and Vision Correction" with Lou Catania, OD, and "Managing Presbyopic Patients With Contact Lenses" with David Kirschen, OD.
The podcasts — available in English, French and Spanish — can be downloaded by visiting www.thevisioncareinstitute.com/tvci/ or subscribing through iTunes.
