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ST. LOUIS, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The recent interest in "circle- tinted" contact lenses being sold on the Internet to obtain an anime- style look popularized by Lady Gaga in her "Bad Romance" music video is of concern to optometrists. A recent article in the New York Times entitled "What Big Eyes You Have, Dear, But Are Those Contact Lenses Risky?" (July 3, 2010) highlighted the issues surrounding these lenses. Contact lenses are considered safe for the correction of vision when appropriately fitted by licensed eye care providers. However, when contact lenses are obtained without a prescription and without appropriate training, fitting and follow-up, their use can result in complications including eye infections and permanent loss of vision.
In 2005, the United States Food and Drug Ad...
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Bausch & Lomb and CIBA Vision Corp., the eye care unit of Novartis AG, have reached a final settlement agreement that resolves disputes between the two companies in patent infringement lawsuits and associated patent proceedings related to breakthrough silicone hydrogel contact lens materials.
Under the terms of the agreement, the companies have agreed to cross-license rights to their silicone hydrogel contact lens technologies. B&L will pay CIBA Vision a royalty on net United States sales of its PureVision(tm) brand contact lenses until 2014 and on net sales outside the United States until 2016. Specific terms of the agreement are confidential.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a publication containing modifications the Agency is making to the list of standards FDA recognizes for use in premarket reviews (FDA recognized consensus standards). This publication, entitled ``Modifications to the List of Recognized Standards, Recognition List Number: 028'' (Recognition List Number: 028), will assist manufacturers who elect to declare conformity with consensus standards to meet certain requirements for medical devices.
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Don't tell Snape. Muggles may one day be able to get their hands on an invisibility cloak, and it won't require such "Harry Potter" spells as a Disillusionment Charm or Bedazzlement Hex.
New research from a team of Scottish physicists has made invisibility technology feasible, something that you'll have to not see to believe.
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