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            <title>Eyecare Partners Reports Increased Net Loss for FY2010</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Eyecare Partners faced a number of challenges both externally and internally this year. Externally the operating environ...]]></description>
            <pubDate>03 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Alcon Launches AcrySof(R) IQ ReSTOR(R)ToricIntraocular Lens</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Alcon, Inc. announced its launch of the AcrySof(R) IQ ReSTOR(R) Multifocal Toric intraocular lens (IOL) outside the Unit...]]></description>
            <pubDate>03 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Dr. Wing-Kun Tam Named to Pediatric Cataract Initiative's Global Advisory Council</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) has appointed Dr. Wing-Kun Tam to the global advisory council of the Pediatr...]]></description>
            <pubDate>02 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Lacoste Announces Change of Partnership for Eyewear</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[After a 5 year-long fruitful and productive cooperation, LACOSTE and Charmant announce today their decision to end their...]]></description>
            <pubDate>01 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Allergan Receives FDA Approval for LUMIGAN</title>
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Allergan, Inc. recently announced the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LUMIGAN(R) (bimato...]]></description>
            <pubDate>01 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Eye Movements Reveal Readers' Wandering Minds</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's not just you... everybody zones out when they're reading. For a new study published in Psychological Science, a jou...]]></description>
            <pubDate>31 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Altair and bebe stores Sign New License Agreement for Optical and Sunwear</title>
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Altair and bebe stores, inc. (NASDAQ: BEBE), a leading specialty store retailer of contemporary women's apparel and ac...]]></description>
            <pubDate>31 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Gene involved in Fuchs corneal dystrophy found</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A 13-member research team led by University of Oregon scientist Dr. Albert O. Edwards has found a gene likely responsibl...]]></description>
            <pubDate>31 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Vision Group reports bad financial results for FY2010</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Vision Group experienced a 5.1% decline in operating revenues during the 2010 financial year, resulting from the departu...]]></description>
            <pubDate>30 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Researcher finds revolutionary way to treat eye cancer</title>
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Rare but devastating, eye cancer can strike anyone at any time and treating it often requires radiation that leaves ha...]]></description>
            <pubDate>30 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Essilor reports good overall results for first-half 2010 but contraction in ANZ</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In an ophthalmic optics market that is slowly but steadily improving, Essilor continued to increase its global market sh...]]></description>
            <pubDate>29 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Researchers Restore Vision in Humans With Biosynthetic Corneas</title>
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A new study from researchers in Sweden and Canada has shown that biosynthetic corneas can help regenerate and repair d...]]></description>
            <pubDate>26 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Novartis Completes Purchase from Nestlé of Majority Interest in Alcon</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) and Nestlé S.A. have announced that they have completed the purchase and sale of approximately ...]]></description>
            <pubDate>26 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Researchers Gain Focus on a Bug with Bifocals</title>
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University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers are reporting on the discovery of a bug with bifocals – such an amazing fi...]]></description>
            <pubDate>25 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Vision Australia Opens New Centre in Brisbane</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Queenslanders who are blind or have low vision now have access to a brand new centre and expanded services that will ena...]]></description>
            <pubDate>25 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Wearing Designer Counterfeits May Have Hidden Psychological Costs</title>
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New research suggests that imitation products may not work as magically as we would like. Indeed, they may backfire. T...]]></description>
            <pubDate>25 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>CERA backs calls for cigarette price hike</title>
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The Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) has joined the chorus of health organisations calling for a floor price o...]]></description>
            <pubDate>24 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>ISCO Sets Up New Business Unit for Stem Cell-Based Eye Care Program</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[International Stem Cell Corporation (ISCO), www.internationalstemcell.com, announced that its stem cell therapeutic prog...]]></description>
            <pubDate>24 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Carl Zeiss to Acquire Majority Interest in Carl Zeiss Vision</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The required majority of creditors of Carl Zeiss Vision have approved the proposal of the company and the two owners —...]]></description>
            <pubDate>23 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[We have set up our own Facebook page for all the Facebook lovers out there to easily follow all the latest eyecare indus...]]></description>
            <pubDate>23 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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