AAOpt 2024: Alcon launches first ever one-week replacement contact lens, PRECISION7
Broad commercial availability of the lens is expected in the beginning of January 2025.
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Alcon has announced the launch of PRECISION7, a one-week replacement contact lens, in the US.1 The lens, which utilizes a 7-day ACTIV-FLO System that provides 16 hours of comfort and clear vision, is the only one-week replacement lens on the market, according to a news release.
“We are making history with the bold innovation of PRECISION7,” said Max Wolf, general manager and head of Vision Care and Contact Lenses at Alcon, in the release. “Now, patients can start and end every week fresh with a first of its kind contact lens featuring ACTIV-FLO technology. This is also the first time we are introducing both sphere and toric lenses to the US market simultaneously, allowing eye care professionals to address the needs of the majority of patients right away.”
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According to the release, more than half of new patients are being fit in reusable lenses due to cost consideration, even though almost 9 out of 10 eye care providers believe daily disposable lenses are better overall for their patients. A majority of optometrists also agree that a one-week contact lens replacement schedule may be a more intuitive option for their patients, in contrast to a 2-week replacement schedule.1
As for the workings of ACTIV-FLO, a combination of a moisturizing agent embedded in a lens matrix and a continually released proprietary replenishing agent act to moisturize the serafilcon A lens for 7 days.1
“Data show that 3 out of every 4 contact lens wearers want their eye care professionals to talk to them about new contact lens technology,” said Jason Compton, OD, FAAO. “When daily disposable lenses aren’t an option, PRECISION7 provides 16 hours of outstanding comfort and precise vision, even on day 7, at a price our patients can afford. It has an easy and intuitive replacement schedule that allows my patients to pick their preferred day of the week to replace their contact lenses.”
PRECISION7 has been launched as an addition to the Alcon WaterInnovations portfolio of contact lenses. While sphere and toric lenses are immediately available through select eye care providers in the US, broad commercial availability is expected in the beginning of January 2025. Markets outside the US will then follow.1
Reference:
Alcon debuts groundbreaking PRECISION7, a one-week replacement contact lens to start and end every week fresh. Alcon. November 7, 2024. Accessed November 7, 2024.
