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Bench Kids Launches New Models

Stemming from England, Bench and Bench Kids are some of the most popular and sought after international brands for eyewear.

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Tendo Reflects Samurai Strength and Form

Available from Lanctôt, Tendo Nomad returns with a structured look for this new men's concept featuring strong contrasts, form and precision with a playful reference to the armor of the samurai.

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SILMO, Rebooting SILMO TV in 2015

SILMO 2015 is continuing its makeover by rebooting SILMO TV, to offer exhibitors and visitors a trade fair with its finger firmly on the pulse of the industry.

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University of Alberta Begins First Gene Therapy Trial for Choroideremia in Canada

The University of Alberta has recently begun the enrolling and dosing of subjects in a Phase II clinical trial for a gene therapy treatment of choroideremia, a rare inherited disorder where the capillaries of the choroid degenerate, causing blindness by around middle age.

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ProDesign Adds New Shapes and Colours to Essential Collection

ProDesign Denmark has added four shapes in six colours each in the Essential Collection (models 1748-1751).

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ZEISS DriveSafe Launching August 3, 2015

Launching August 3, 2015: A new solution from ZEISS to combat visual challenges when driving.

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Aspex Eyewear Extends Greg Norman License Through 2025

Aspex Eyewear Group, based in Mont-Royal, Quebec, and Great White Shark Enterprises, the company founded by golfing legend Greg Norman, announced on July 27 that they have renewed the licensing agreement for Greg Norman Eyewear through 2025.

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Essilor of America to Acquire Vision Source US

Vision Source Canadian assets not part of the transaction. Deal to close within a couple of months.

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Renowned Vision Researcher Brien Holden Passes Away

Brien Holden, CEO and founder of the non-profit Brien Holden Vision Institute based in Sydney, Australia, passed away on July 27 at the age of 73.

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Zeiss Canada Introduces ReLEx SMILE Flapless Laser Treatment

The most minimally invasive technique with femtosecond laser for the correction of refractive errors and sets another milestone in corneal refractive surgery

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