CooperVision Adds SynergEyes to Expand Specialty Contact Lens Adoption in North America
Deepening its commitment to expand specialty contact lens adoption in North America and worldwide, CooperVision has added SynergEyes to its CooperVision Specialty EyeCare business unit.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Carlsbad, California-based company is known for hybrid lens technologies and brands, which span the treatment of irregular cornea, presbyopia, and astigmatism. The addition creates a complete portfolio for the treatment of keratoconus and irregular cornea in North America and beyond, plus substantial opportunities to advance care for other common ocular conditions, according to CooperVision.
“Eye care practitioners are searching for ways to differentiate themselves, with a growing number embracing specialty contact lenses for their clinical and business advantages. Combining these two specialty segment experts provides a full range of options which delivers a continuum of care for keratoconus,” Juan Carlos Aragón, OD, President, CooperVision Specialty EyeCare, said in a company news release. “SynergEyes offers a broad range of specialty contact lenses, including proprietary hybrid lenses, complementing our popular Onefit scleral lenses. Customers should quickly benefit from the blend of CooperVision and SynergEyes products, technologies, support services, and people.”
SynergEyes' brands include Duette, UltraHealth, and SynergEyes iD Single Vision and Multifocal EDOF, as well as SynergEyes VS scleral lenses.
Over the next few years, manufacturing of SynergEyes products and materials will transition to CooperVision Specialty EyeCare’s recently opened production center in Gilbert, Arizona. GP Specialists, whom CooperVision acquired in 2021, has shared plans to move into that facility in 2023.
SynergEyes CEO Bob Ferrigno will serve as a consultant with the organization through early 2023 to assist with the transition. Louise Sclafani, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Vice President of Professional Affairs for SynergEyes, will join the CooperVision Specialty EyeCare Americas team.