Panorama Eyecare Establishes New LASIK Division Following Addition of Boulder Eyes/Beyer LASIK

FORT COLLINS, Colo.—Panorama Eyecare (PEC), a physician-led management services organization and the largest comprehensive eyecare organization in the Rocky Mountain region, said Monday that it has formed Panorama LASIK, a group of vision correction centers under the Panorama Eyecare MSO organization. Additionally, Panorama Eyecare said that Panorama LASIK will be the LASIK Partner of the National Football League’s Denver Broncos.

Carl Zeiss Meditec Reports Revenue and Orders Increased Over Nine-Month Period

JENA, Germany—Carl Zeiss Meditec (ISIN: DE 0005313704) generated revenue of €1,332.9 million in the first nine months of fiscal year 2021/22 (prior year: €1,198.2 million), corresponding to an increase of 11.2 percent (adjusted for currency effects: +9.8 percent) compared with the same period of the prior year. Order intake increased at a much higher rate than revenue, rising 36.0 percent to €1,750.5 million (prior year: €1,287.6 million). Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) at €275.9 million were only slightly below the previous year's level of €282.8 million, which had still benefited considerably from lower operating costs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keeping Our Children’s Eyes Safe and Healthy This Back-to-School Season

With only a few weeks left in the month of August, summer will be winding down soon which means parents and kids alike are gearing up for the back-to-school season, or as some parents like to call it, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” For the national non-profit Prevent Blindness, August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, which fits nicely into the organization’s theme—2022 is the “Year of Children’s Vision.” Without early detection and treatment, uncorrected vision disorders can impair child development, interfere with learning, and even lead to permanent vision loss.

Growth in Vision Care Helps Boost Bausch + Lomb's Overall Performance in the Second Quarter

VAUGHAN, Ontario—Bausch + Lomb Corp. (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) reported Thursday that its second-quarter revenue increased 1 percent (on a reported basis) to $941 million, and approximately 6 percent organically, “driven by strong performance in vision care and surgical segments.” The year-ago revenue total was $934 million. Foreign exchange had an unfavorable impact on revenues of $46 million in the second quarter, the company noted. In the vision care segment, revenue totaled $589 million in the second quarter, which compares with $556 million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of $33 million, or 6 percent.

The National Average for Gross Revenue at ECP Locations Remained Unchanged for the Week of July 25-31, Jobson’s Latest Practice Performance Tracker Shows

NEW YORK—For the second week in a row, the national average for gross revenue at ECP locations was unchanged last week, July 25-31, when compared with previous week. That places gross revenue at a level 6 index points above where it was at this point in time (Week 31) when compared with last year, 2 points above the same time period in 2020, and 5 points above 2019, according to Jobson’s most recent Practice Performance Tracker.