IS MYOPIA THE HOTTEST TOPIC IN OPHTHALMOLOGY?

Following on from the myopia news on ACUVUE Abiliti™ Overnight Therapeutic Lenses, the FDA have given Breakthrough Device designation to Essilor Group’s Stellest spectacle lens. This lens aims to correct myopia and slow down its development in children. Myopia found in children is at the most risk of developing into a more serious condition.

The first-year trial results showed that 9 out of 10 children who wore the Essilor Stellest lens had similar or slower eye growth than children without myopia. “The “Breakthrough Device” designation for our Essilor Stellest lens is a great achievement and an illustration of its potential in slowing down the progression of myopia in children. This designation represents an important milestone in our fight against the myopia pandemic,” Norbert Gorny, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Research & Development Officer of Essilor International

Ref: https://eyewire.news/articles/essilor-receives-fda-breakthrough-device-designation-for-essilor-stellest-specticle-lens