Transitions has announced the tour dates for the Transitions Certified Live in-person events where eye care professionals can earn their Transitions Specialist certification during the training. The events will offer attendees the opportunity to learn from experts and the Transitions R&D team, interact with technical specialists, and experience Transitions^® lenses firsthand through product demonstrations.

Tour dates and locations for the Transitions Certified Live events include:

• Tuesday, June 13
• Tuesday, June 20
• Tuesday, September 12
• Tuesday, September 19
• Tuesday, October 3
• Tuesday, October 10
• Tuesday, October 17
• Tuesday, October 24

In addition to growing their expertise in light management and Transitions^® Light Intelligent Lenses^™, attendees will also earn access to materials designed to better prepare them to interact with patients. Materials include:

Attendees that bring two additional team members from their private or independent practice will also become a Transitions Certified Provider with special status on Transitions “Where to Buy” online locator and receive access to exclusive resources to share with patients.

“The first Transitions Certified Live event at Vision Expo East was a great start and we look forward to continuing our tour across Canada,” said Arnaud Rajchenbach, marketing and sales manager, Transitions Optical Canada. “Attendees will get the opportunity to interact with Transitions experts and products while learning more about light management and Transitions lenses at the unique learning events.”

Register at Transitions.com/canada-certified-live-tour.

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CooperVision Specialty EyeCare recently launched its pioneering digital fitting tool, Visavy^® (pronounced Vee-SAH-vee) in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg (BeNeLux), and the Nordic region.

The easy-to-use, web-based fitting software enhances the company’s former MyProcornea tool by incorporating topography-guided algorithms and simulated fluoresceine patterns to assist in the design and selection of the company’s scleral, rigid gas permeable (RGP), custom soft, and orthokeratology contact lenses.

The all-in-one platform enables eye care practitioners (ECPs) to seamlessly manage lens product ranges, order and/or re-order contact lenses, track all orders in real-time, and chat with online consultants. The integrated ordering function helps ECPs to reduce chair time, while the topography-driven approach and fluorescent image simulation promotes greater precision and accuracy when customizing lenses.

“After the proven success of MyProcornea over the past few years, we wanted to enhance the digital fitting tool by introducing new features and expanded capabilities,” said Ron Beerten, BOptom., FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE, Head of Professional Services and Technical Director, CooperVision Specialty EyeCare, EMEA. “Through a combination of practitioners’ requests and our own research, the newly-branded “Visavy^®” will further provide ECPs with the tools, resources, and support they need to enhance their specialty lens practices.”

A recent clinical study indicates a 70% fit success rate with orthokeratology contact lenses using Visavy^®. Visavy^® is expected to roll out in other regions throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region in 2023.

Visit www.coopervisionsec.eu/visavy for more information.

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As part of its multifaceted leadership in helping more eye care professionals (ECPs) embrace myopia management, CooperVision is sharing insights from three new scientific abstracts supported by the company. One explores myopia rates in fast and slow progressors, while two others concentrate on optical interventions for residents of China with myopia. All were presented as scientific posters at the 2023 Global Specialty Lens Symposium (GSLS).

“Our findings play a key role in further advancing myopia control and management across the entire global eye care community,” said Elizabeth Lumb, BSc (Hons) MCOptom, FBCLA, Director of Global Professional Affairs, Myopia Management, CooperVision. “Comprehensive, trusted, and valid diverse research like this is crucial as the industry and professionals work together to make myopia management the standard of care in practice.”

Dual Focus Contact Lens Successfully Slows Myopia Progression in Both Fast and Slow Progressors (Kwan J., et al) compared eye growth rates prior to and during myopia control treatment with the CooperVision MiSight^® 1 day contact lens, applying data from the company’s multi-year, international MiSight^® 1 day clinical trial. Faster growing eyes wearing single vision contact lenses during the first three years of the study slowed the most when they were moved into the MiSight^® 1 day treatment lens. Slower growing eyes during pre-treatment effectively stopped progressing, which means that both fast and slow progressors benefit from MiSight^® 1 day contact lenses for myopia management.

Short-Term Clinical and Visual Performance of Dual-focus Soft Contact Lenses in Chinese Children (Chen S, et al.) investigated the clinical and visual performance of MiSight^® 1 day throughout one month of daily wear. Researchers evaluated 36 children ages 8-12 in the Guangzhou area who used the lenses on average for 12 hours per day, six days per week. They demonstrated wearing schedule compliance and successful independent handling at one week and one month. The children reported good visual performance (comparable distance and near high contrast visual acuity at one week versus a single vision lens) and improved overall satisfaction over one week and one month of wear.

The Effect of an Overnight Corneal Refractive Therapy Lens on Vision and Corneal Curvature in Chinese Myopes (Jiang J, et al)^[6] focused on adult and child myopes in China, further validating the effectiveness of reducing myopia using CooperVision’s Paragon^® CRT 100 orthokeratology lens, which has been widely fitted there since 2017. The 12-month, four-site study enrolled 254 subjects ages 8 to 43 with both eyes having myopic refractive error of -4.00DS or less, astigmatism of 1.50DC or less, and no corneal abnormalities. The Paragon CRT^® ortho-k lens was found to temporarily reduce myopia effectively in a large majority of Chinese patients, demonstrating significant improvements to clinically relevant levels of both uncorrected distance visual acuity and manifest refraction spherical equivalent. Significant levels of improvement were observed in both uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) and low levels of myopia (MRSE) after one week, and were sustained throughout the follow-up period.

Visit https://na.eventscloud.com/website/35541/2023-posters/ to read these poster presentations in their entirety.

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New Look Vision Group (NVG) was recognized for its industry-leading performance, its global business practices, and its sustained growth by receiving a prestigious 2023 Canada’s Best Managed Companies award. It is the second year in a row that NVG receives this important recognition.

Celebrating its 30^th anniversary, Canada’s Best Managed Companies program awards excellence in private Canadian-owned companies. To attain the designation, companies are evaluated on their leadership in the areas of strategy, culture, commitment, capabilities, innovation, governance, and financial performance.

“New Look Vision Group is honored to receive this recognition for a second year in a row. This would not have been possible without the passion and commitment of our people who focus every day on enhancing life’s sights and sounds. Our scale allows us to invest in the customer experience, and our strength lies in our diversity and in the local knowledge and expertise of our store and production teams,” says Antoine Amiel, President and CEO of New Look Vision Group.

Canada’s Best Managed Companies is one of the country’s leading business awards programs recognizing innovative and world class businesses.

The 2023 cohort of Best Managed companies shares common themes such as having a people-centric culture, targeting effective ESG strategies, and accelerating operational digitization. 

“The 2023 Best Managed winners exemplify the highest Canadian business standards of innovation, adaptability, and resilience,” says Lorrie King, partner at Deloitte Private and co-leader for Canada’s Best Managed Companies program.  “Over the past year, companies such as New Look Vision Group have accelerated their growth by continuously adapting and successfully responding to challenges, seizing new opportunities, leveraging industry-leading competencies to maximize their investments, and driving sustainable growth.” 

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As of May 2, Jason Dopheide has been appointed VP of Sales for Design Eyewear Group (DEG) where he will be responsible for the company’s sales activities in North America reporting to the Group CEO in Denmark.

Jason joins DEG with a strong industry experience from among others Marcolin, and most recently almost seven years as a National Sales Director at Morel USA.

Jason replaces Jonathon Berke, who has been with the company six and a half years. Jonathon will be departing DEG in early June, and will hand over the responsibility to Jason during the month of May.

Jason Dopheide can be contacted at: jdo@designeyeweargroup.com .

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