CooperVision® Expands MiSight® 1 day prescription options

CooperVision has announced that its MiSight^® 1 day contact lenses will be available in higher prescriptions, beginning June 2022. The expanded range—covering -0.50D to -7.00D (0.50D steps after -6.00D) in the U.S.— covers nearly 100% of spherical prescriptions for age-appropriate children* (who were initially fit between ages 8-12) with myopia.[i]^‡ The two new powers for this innovative, specially designed lens will allow even more children to benefit from myopia control.

With myopia on the rise globally,[ii] an increasing number of age-appropriate* children may require the higher prescriptions that MiSight^® 1 day lenses will offer.

“A greater range of MiSight^® 1 day powers is excellent news for my practice and patients,” said Charles Morgan, MD, of Advocare Pediatric Eye Physicians in Morristown, NJ. “We have age-appropriate* patients with higher levels of myopia who will now be able to access MiSight’s proven myopia control benefits.”[iii]^†

The expanded range will be included in CooperVision’s OptiExpert^® Contact Lens Calculator, an app-based tool that helps eye care professionals by calculating back vertex distance and displaying the closest power-matched MiSight^® 1 day prescription for a patient.

As a global leader in myopia management for children, CooperVision believes that options must be available for as many children as possible. With MiSight^® 1 day’s range extension, eye care professionals in the U.S. and in more than 30 other countries can have even greater impact.

“Every diopter matters, particularly for children whose myopia progression may have already placed them at a higher risk for conditions such as myopic maculopathy and glaucoma,”[iv] said Elizabeth Lumb, BSc (Hons) MCOptom, FBCLA, Director of Global Professional Affairs, Myopia Management, CooperVision. “While early treatment is best, it’s never too late to start.