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In the 1940s, Harold Ridley noticed plastic splinters sitting quietly in pilots’ eyes, and it wasn’t just wartime debris: It changed cataract surgeryDuring the tumultuous period of World War II, a serendipitous observation emerged within the field of ophthalmology. British pilots, expose...- Eye drops to replace reading glasses? Vision problems could soon have a non-surgical solutionA recent study suggests that specially formulated eye drops containing pilocarpine and diclofenac may help improve near vision in people wi...
- Warburg buys majority stake in ophthalmic device company AppasamyWarburg Pincus buys majority stake in Chennai's Appasamy Associates, a top Indian ophthalmic equipment and IOLs manufacturer. Appasamy CEO ...
- Novel contact lenses to diagnose glaucoma developedThe novel contact lenses contain micro-sensors that monitor changes in eye pressure, which is a sign of possible glaucoma. The data collect...
- Warburg in advanced talks to buy medical equipment manufacturer AppasamyPrivate equity firm Warburg Pincus is in advanced talks to acquire Chennai-based medical equipment manufacturer Appasamy Associates, said p...
- Former MP says Alcon intraocular lens turns opaque, seeks Health Ministers interventionFormer MP, Dr Vikas Mahatme has written to India's Union Health Minister about Alcon, a multinational company that produces intraocular len...
- Appasamy owners look to sell controlling stakeInvestment bank Edelweiss Finance has been hired for the sale process. Names of the potential PE investors could not be ascertained yet.
- GST rates revised; Here is a list of items that'll get costlierConsumers may now have to shell out more as several goods and services will cost higher from July 18 onwards with the Goods and Services Ta...
- 'Baba ka Dhaba' fame couple get free cataract surgeryKanta Prasad and his wife - the elderly couple owning the 'Baba ka Dhaba' that made headlines after a video about their struggle making end...
- After 8 years, plaint nixed for year’s delayThe Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum in Surat rejected the complaint in 2011 on which it had sat on since 2003.
- NGOs, social sector companies bank on innovationDisruption has spread across several levels to address challenges of cost, hiring, scale of operations and the issue being addressed. Strat...
- Focus shifts to expensive pacemakers, lenses, cathetersAfter the capping of cardiac stent prices, the Rajya Sabha petitions committee has turned its attention to overpricing of other medical dev...
- This pair of smart contact lens may diagnose diabetes, glaucomaSince blood sugar can be measured with tears, many attempts have been made to monitor diabetes with contact lenses.
- Government mulling conducting all eye operations through phaco surgeryPhacoemulsification (phaco surgery) is a modern cataract surgery in which the eye's internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiec...
- Acid attackers still at large in SrinagarA perturbed citizenry has approached court that in the initial relief has directed the government to pay Rs 3 lakh to the victim.
- Prime Minister undergoes eye surgeryPrime Minister Manmohan Singh underwent an eye surgery for cataract removal at AIIMS on Sunday.
- Lasik alternatives found saferFrightened by headlines about Lasik side effects? Lasik gets all the advertising, but there are half a dozen alternate eye surgeries - from...
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