Refractive Surgery/Vision Correction

FDA approves first drug-eluting contact lens

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson Vision Care’s Acuvue Theravision with Ketotifen, according to a press release. The daily disposable contact lenses contain 19 mcg of the antihistamine ketotifen and are indicated for the prevention of ocular itch due to allergic conjunctivitis. “Ocular allergic itch...