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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.0B
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Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, VISTAKON is a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. A true leader in innovation, VISTAKON revolutionized the vision correction industry in 1988 with the invention of ACUVUE Brand Contact Lenses, the world's first soft disposable contact lens. Today, ACUVUE Brand Soft Disposable Contact Lenses remain the number one brand in the world. The ACUVUE Brand is worn by more people globally than any other contact lens brand. The ACUVUE Brand is truly transforming the world's vision by providing an outstanding range of contact lens options to meet the vision needs and wants of just about everyone requiring vision correction. VISTAKON has built an impressive team by fostering an unyielding dedication to innovative thinking and to maintaining the highest standards in quality. With a workforce of approximately 2,500, VISTAKON makes ACUVUE Brand Contact Lenses for people in more than 70 countries worldwide...
Number of Employees 2,999
Contact Information
7500 Centurion Pkwy # S
Jacksonville, Florida 32256
1 904 443 1000
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NAICS Code Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing: 339113
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ACUVUE(R) ADVANCE(TM), ACUVUE(R) OASYS(TM) Brands Awarded with World Council of Optometry Global Seal of Acceptance for UV Absorbing Contact Lenses.
- 2007-06-28
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 June 2007-Morning Movers: ACUVUER ADVANCETM, ACUVUER OASYSTM Brands Awarded with World Council of Optometry Global Seal of Acceptance for UV Absorbing Contact LensesC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28062007 Market Gainer is quickly emerging as the one stop shop for ...
World Council of Optometry Awards ACUVUE(R) ADVANCE(TM), ACUVUE(R) OASYS(TM) Brands With Global Seal of Acceptance for UV Absorbing Contact Lenses.
- 2007-06-28
BOSTON, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- - Contact Lenses Meet Highest Standard for Contact Lens UV Protection Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., today announced that its ACUVUER ADVANCETM with HYDRACLEARTM, ACUVUER ADVANCETM for ASTIGMATISM, and ACUVUER OASYSTM with HYDRACLEARTM PLUS Brand...
Research and Markets: Driven by Strong Demand for Its Acuvue Brand, Vistakon Has Achieved Compound Annual Sales Growth of 10% from 2000 to 2005
- 2007-01-05
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c47973) has announced the addition of the Espicom Business Intelligence report "Vistakon Medical Device Company Intelligence Report" to their offering. Vistakon, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, manufacturers and markets a range of disposable contact lenses. The company is a division of Johnson and...
FDA grants Acuvue Oasys new indication
- 2006-04-10
The Food and Drug Administration recently granted an additional indication for Acuvue Oasys contact lenses with Hydraclear Plus, from Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Vision Care Inc.'s Vistakon division. The FDA approved the daily wear contact lens for up to six consecutive nights/seven days of extended wear. "Contact lens wearers...
Acuvue expands parameters.(CONTACT LENSES)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
- 2005-05-15
Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear and Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism, from Vistakon, now come in new prescription ranges. Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear is now available in prescriptions of +8.00D to -12.00D. The plus powers are available in 0.25D steps to +6.00D and 0.50D...
Case report: high DK for dry eye.(Contact Lens Report)(Diffusionskonstante)(Acuvue 2 lens)
- 2004-04-15
A 45-year-old, white male patient had tried many times over the past 16 years to wear contact lenses, but significant dry eye symptoms limited his wear to four hours per day on the weekends only. He had tried many lens materials and designs since but achieved no...
Acuvue Advance: Lasting Comfort
- 2004-02-01
The silicone hydrogel lens uses a proprietary wetting agent, Hydraclear.Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear really could be the next big advance in daily wear contact lens prescribing. This lens combines features of hydrogels and silicone hydrogels to bring the best of both worlds to the daily-wear arena. Our office was fortunate...
Acuvue Advance Offers Lasting Comfort
- 2004-02-01
VISTAKON UNVEILS LENSVistakon's Vice President of Professional Affairs, Dr. Pat Cummings, says that its new contact lens, the Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear, is the result of 2,565 patient interviews. The company "did its homework" before creating the lens to learn what patients wanted. The picture that emerged was that patients...
1-day Acuvue lenses benefit allergic patients
- 2002-05-01
FDA OKAYS CLAIM * The FDA recently approved Vistakon's request to revise Acuvue Soft Contact Lenses' labeling to reflect the benefit for allergic patients. According to the new labeling the lenses, when worn on a daily disposable basis, may improve comfort for patients with mild allergic itching during lens wear....
Mail Order Fray Not Over Yet: 1-800 Contacts considers refitting Acuvue patients in different lenses. (News Review).
- 2001-11-15
Vistakon, a division of Johnson & Johnson, has agreed to sell its contact lenses to alternate suppliers to settle federal antitrust litigation, but is that enough for some suppliers? 1800 Contacts claims that since signing the preliminary settlement agreement, Johnson & Johnson has made its products...
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