BUSINESS: Labs Breaking News Posts for 2015 By Staff Monday, December 14, 2015 12:11 AM RELATED CONTENT 2015 at a Glance Word of the Year: A Drinking Game 13 Newsworthy Mergers and Acquisitions in 2015 The Switch to ICD-10: W56.22xA Struck by Orca, Initial Encounter 21 Most Read Stories on VisionMonday.com I Can See for Miles and Miles... Style.Pages’ Top Trends of the Year VM's Top Labs By The Numbers Socializing With Vision Monday Throughout The Year The Year’s Notable Quotables Pop Culture Calendar Feb. 27 Nikon Agrees to Buy Optos for $400 Million Cash April 6 FLL Partners Makes Growth Investment in Clarkson Eyecare April 15 Three Major Contact Lens Manufacturers Sue Utah Attorney Over New Anti-UPP Law May 4 Luxottica to Grow in Emerging Markets and Plans to Invest €1 Billion in Retail Over 5 Years May 8 Jim McGrann Appointed President and CEO of VSP Global, Will Succeed Rob Lynch on Oct. 1 May 11 MyEyeDr. Expands Into Florida Market With Acquisition of The Hour Glass/South East Eye Specialists May 15 Federal Appeals CourtStops Utah’s Anti-UPPLawJune 16 Vision Source and PriviaQuality Network EstablishNew PartnershipJuly 6 After Merger, PFO GlobalEmerges as PubliclyTraded CompanyJuly 13Valeant PharmaceuticalsInternational to AcquireUnilens Vision Inc.July 17 Oakley IntegrationProceeds at Luxottica,New Executive Role forBaden, Dorigo ReturnsJuly 23 Carl Zeiss Vision NamesNew President, SVPIndependent EyecareProfessionalsJuly 23 U2’s Bono PartnersWith Revo to PreventVision Impairment; BrienHolden Vision Instituteto Implement itJuly 24 Anthem to Acquire CignaCorp., Creating NewHealth Care GiantJuly 28 Influential Eyecare andVision Research Pioneer,Professor Brien Holden,Passes AwayJuly 30 Essilor to Acquire VisionSourceAug. 17 Investment Groups Altasand CDPQ Invest WithManagement to AcquireMyEyeDr./Capital VisionServicesAug. 24 Clarkson Eyecare AnnouncesStrategic Investmentin Eyecarecenter ofthe CarolinasSept. 1 Davis Vision NamesDanny Bentley PresidentSept. 1 Luneau Technology AnnouncesMerger with AITIndustriesSept. 14 Anthem Names NicholasBrecker President of SpecialtyBusiness, IncludingVisionOct. 5 GrandVision to EnterU.S. Market Via AcquisitionDeal With For EyesOpticalOct. 6 CVS/Pharmacy to Launch Five Optical Centers in Baltimore/Washington D.C. MarketNov. 10 Essilor Acquires ProfessionalEyecare ResourceCo-Operative(PERC)/InfinityVision AllianceNov. 11 Macy’s and Luxottica Group Sign Agreement to Open as Many as 500 LensCrafters Licensed DepartmentsOver Three YearsNov. 23 Pfizer and Allergan to Combine Businesses