Alcon-Google partnership advances contact lens technology

PHILADELPHIA — Alcon’s partnership with Google is making strides in contact lens technology, focusing on products for presbyopia correction and for health monitoring in patients with diabetes, according to a presentation at the Wills Vision Research Center at Jefferson annual symposium.Jeff George, president and global head of Alcon, discussed progress in the development of smart contact lenses since the Alcon-Google partnership was announced in July 2014.