Cooper Cos. 2Q income rises on contact lens sales

PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) — Eye care and surgical products maker Cooper Cos. said Thursday its net income grew 37 percent in its fiscal second quarter on double-digit sales growth.

Cooper said total revenue rose 12 percent during the quarter. Sales from its eye care business improved 7 percent on greater silicone hydrogel contact lens sales, and revenue from its smaller surgical division climbed 32 percent on growth in fertility clinic product sales. The company’s adjusted net income surpassed Wall Street expectations.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cooper-cos-2q-income-rises-211442554.html

16 Valuable tips to protect your eyes and Contact Lenses care

by greenyatrablog

It is really important point that you should never share you contact lenses with your family, friends or others. Contact Lens is medical tools, and just one person should wear this contact, it is prescribed to. You or those persons you share your contact lenses with could get an infection or virus

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Heloise: Properly care for contact lenses

Dear Readers: Are you one of the more than 35 million Americans who wear contact lenses? If so, here are some very helpful hints from the Food and Drug Administration about caring for contact lenses: ? Always wash your hands before putting in or taking out your contact lenses. ? Never place contact lenses in [...]

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Cooper Cos. To Sell Aime To Nippon Contact Lens

(RTTNews.com) – Cooper Companies, Inc. ( COO ) said Friday that CooperVision has reached an agreement to sell Aime, its rigid gas permeable contact lens and solutions business in Japan, to Nippon Contact Lens Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The divestiture is expected to close during Cooper’s fourth quarter of fiscal [...]

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Mission Impossible-style contact lenses that can take pictures and scan data are a step closer to reality as …

South Korean researchers develop futuristic electrode Thin, transparent material has widespread possibilities, scientists say By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:37 EST, 31 May 2013 | UPDATED: 23:12 EST, 31 May 2013 South Korean scientists have created soft contact lenses fitted with LEDs, bringing the possibility of transparent, flexible materials that can be programmed to take [...]

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