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VM | VM Magazine ˅ Cover Topics Editorial Staff Subscribe Now Issue Archives Contact Us Media Kit Current Issue June 2020 | VMail ˅ Subscribe VMail VMail Weekend VM's News Quiz | VM Topics ˅ CLICK dba Eye² The Independent Eye Style.Pages CLICK 2009-2013 dba 2012-2014 Eye 2 2012-2015 Subscribe | VM Video | VM Events ˅ VM LIVE VM Summit | VM Reports ˅ Best in Class Influential Women in Optical Optometric Business Innovators Top 50 Retailers Top Labs | Calendar | Classifieds Tweet Monday, July 13, 2020 Home (current) VM Magazine Cover Topics Editorial Staff Subscribe Now Issue Archives Contact Us Media Kit Current Issue June 2020 VMail Subscribe VMail VMail Weekend VMail ProductWatch (Archive 2011-2017) VMail Technology (Archive 2011-2017) VM Topics CLICK CLICK 2009-2013 dba dba 2012-2014 Eye² Eye 2 2012-2015 Style.Pages Subscribe VM Video VM Events VM LIVE VM Summit VM Reports Best in Class Influential Women in Optical Optometric Business Innovators Top 50 Retailers Top Labs Calendar Classifieds Jobs Business Associations dba Financial International News Labs Research + Stats Retailers Suppliers VM Reports VM Summit Eyecare Coronavirus BRIEFING A Greater Vision Eye Health Low Vision Managed Care Ophthalmology Optical on Main Street Opticianry Optometry Technology CLICK Contact Lenses Digital + Social Media Exams/Dispensing Eye² Instruments LaunchPad Lens Processing Practice Software Spectacle Lenses Systems/Equipment Tools + Supplies Web Tech VMail Technology Archive 2011-2017 Style Accessories Collections Also New Bold Face Brands + Designers Frame Collections LaunchPad Special Collaborations Style.Pages Sunwear Collections VMail ProductWatch Archive 2011-2017 People HR Corner Honors Management Moves Optical Community Scene + Heard Discover Daily Post Events Meetings Just for Fun Parties Shows Today's Read Insights Marge Axelrad Mary Kane Andrew Karp Mark Tosh Stephanie Sengwe Jamie Wilson First Person Voices + Views Business Associations dba Financial International News Labs Private Equity Research + Stats Retailers Suppliers The Independent Eye VM Reports VM Summit | Eyecare Coronavirus BRIEFING A Greater Vision Eye Health Low Vision Managed Care Ophthalmology Optical on Main Street Opticianry Optometry Practice Management Telehealth | Technology CLICK Contact Lenses Déjà View Digital + Social Media Exams/Dispensing Eye² Instruments LaunchPad Lens Processing Practice Software Spectacle Lenses Systems/Equipment Tools + Supplies VTO Systems Web Tech VMail Technology Archive 2011-2017 | Style Accessories Collections Also New Bold Face Brands + Designers Frame Collections LaunchPad Special Collaborations Style.Pages Sunwear Collections VMail ProductWatch Archive 2011-2017 | People Diversity & Inclusion HR Corner Honors Management Moves Optical Community | Scene + Heard Discover Daily Post Events Meetings Just for Fun Parties Shows Today's Read VM's News Quiz | Insights Marge Axelrad Mary Kane Andrew Karp Mark Tosh Gwendolyn Plummer First Person Voices + Views Performance Tracker: ECP Revenues, Eye Exams and Product Sales Decline COVID-19 Crisis Response Tactics: CooperVision, Optometry Giving Sight Find The Latest COVID-19 News: ECP Resources , Business Updates , Crisis Response Tactics , Community Voices , The Latest Data Accelmed Partners Closes Acquisition of TearLab, Which Positions Firm to Build Comprehensive Platform for Dry Eye ESCONDIDO, Calif.— TearLab Corp. , a leader in diagnostics for dry eye disease (DED), said its acquisition by Accelmed Partners II (AP-II) has closed. The tentative deal between the companies and a $25 million investment by the Accelmed was announced in May, as VMAIL reported . Read more... What Are You Reading? The Optical Community Has a Stack of Recommendations to Consider NEW YORK—Many of us set out with ambitious summer reading lists, but then reality sets in and we end August with the same stack of books on the nightstand that piled up there on Memorial Day weekend. Well, this summer may turn out to be—unfortunately—the summer when a new reality sets in and that stack of books we want to read isn’t quite high enough. Or only half high enough. Well, it’s still early in July and there’s always hope that things take a turn for the better, finally, in 2020. In the meantime, there are plenty of good books out there to help wile away the time. Here’s a look at what our colleagues are reading this summer, and it’s certainly a list that has a little bit of everything for everyone. Read more... VM's News Quiz for the Week of July 5: A Google Acquisition, Flying During a Pandemic, and the Unemployment Line Did you follow the optical news this week? Take VM’s News Quiz to see how much you know. This week's quiz takes a look at a Google acquisition, flying in the age of COVID-19, and industries with high unemployment rates. Click here to take the quiz for the week of July 5. VM's News Quiz is published every Saturday as part of VMAIL Weekend . Read more... Organizers of Vision Expo West 2020 Announce Cancellation of September 2020 Event ALEXANDRIA, Va.— The Vision Council and Reed Exhibitions, organizers of Vision Expo, have announced today the decision to cancel Vision Expo West 2020, scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada from September 23-26. Over the past several months, Reed Exhibitions’ Vision Expo team and The Vision Council worked together to prepare and plan for the highly anticipated event while closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on members of the optical community, the announcement said. Read more... NAVCP Releases New Policy Statement on Ocular Telemedicine-Vision Plan Covered Services and Provider Guidelines TUCKER, Ga.—The National Association of Vision Care Plans (NAVCP) board of directors has approved and posted a new " Ocular Telemedicine – Vision Plan Covered Services and Provider Guidelines " policy statement. Read more... LATEST NEWS Accelmed Partners Closes Acquisition of TearLab, Which Positions Firm to Build Comprehensive Platform for Dry Eye Andrew Schmeder, CEO for EnChroma, to Take on Chief Technology Officer Role Binovi Secures VIMA Rev Strobe Lenses Through Acquisition and Announces Private Placement Bausch + Lomb to Expand Lens Manufacturing and Distribution Facility in Lynchburg, Va., Governor Announces Gatto USA, Part of Italy's Gatto Group, Expands Its U.S. Presence NOW ON TWITTER A Twitter List by VisionMonday Follow us on Twitter @visionmonday Follow @visionmonday FEATURES Andrew Schmeder, CEO for EnChroma, to Take on Chief Technology Officer Role BERKELEY, Calif.—Andrew Schmeder, a scientist who co-founded EnChroma and served as the company’s CEO for the past four years, is moving into a new full-time role as chief technology officer. Read more... Binovi Secures VIMA Rev Strobe Lenses Through Acquisition and Announces Private Placement OAKVILLE, Ontario, Canada— Binovi Technologies Corp. announced it has signed a binding share purchase agreement to acquire a private entity which owns VIMA Rev Strobe Lenses , its related patents, associated intellectual property, and available inventory. Read more... Bausch + Lomb to Expand Lens Manufacturing and Distribution Facility in Lynchburg, Va., Governor Announces RICHMOND—Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced last week that Bausch + Lomb , a division of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC), will invest more than $35 million to expand its manufacturing facility in the city of Lynchburg. Read more... MOST READ STORIES CURRENT ISSUE June 2020 Table of Contents Cover Story Issue Archives EDITORS' PICKS Gatto USA, Part of Italy's Gatto Group, Expands Its U.S. Presence CooperVision's Puerto Rico Manufacturing Plant Awarded Prestigious LEED Silver Certification Performance Tracker: ECP Revenues, Eye Exams and Product Sales Decline The Vision Council Reports FDA Extension of UDI...