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Hilco in new hands

 Blue Point Capital Partners, a private equity firm, announced that it has acquired The Hilsinger Company (Hilco) No details have been...

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Luxottica closes its Winnipeg manufacturing plant

 Luxottica North America recently announced it is shutting down its Winnipeg plant, which made lenses for LensCrafters, Pearle Vision and Sears Over...

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A new offer by Valeant to buy Allergan

Valeant has upped its unsolicited takeover bid for Allergan and invited its directors to a meeting The new offer is US $5830 per share, an increase...

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Allergan attacks Valeant outright

 In a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Allergan has launched an all-out attack on Valeant, the Canadian pharmaceutical...

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Higher pressure, better vision

 Elevating brain fluid pressure could help prevent vision loss related to conditions such as glaucoma Scientists have found that pressure from the...

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Safer contact lenses

 Contact lenses coated with an antimicrobial peptide could help to lower the risk of eye infections, according to the authors of a paper recently...

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Can coffee protect our eyesight?

 Researchers from Cornell University, in New York State, report that drinking coffee may protect against deteriorating eyesight, even...

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A particularly resistant bacterial strain

 A bacterial strain that causes microbial keratitis shows alarming resistance to contact lens disinfectant solutions In the United Kingdom,...

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Allergan says no to Valeant…which comes back with a better offer

 The Board of Directors at Allergan, the manufacturer of Restasis eye drops, formally rejected the unsolicited takeover bid from Quebec-based...

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Diabetes damages the eye quicker than we think

Researchers from Indiana University have detected new early-warning signs of the loss of sight associated with diabetes “We had not expected to...

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