Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed a spectacle lens that slowed myopia progression by 60% and halted progression in 21.5% of Chinese children in a randomized controlled trial, according to a press release from the university.
“We have patents from China and [the technology] is in the process for the U.S.,” Carly Lam, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, principal investigator and professor, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, told Primary Care Optometry News. “The company collaborating with us on the lens design is Hoya. The plan is to launch (Read more...)
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