Korea develops contact lens that can treat glaucoma
15-Nov-16, Business Korea
The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology has developed a contact lens for glaucoma treatment that improves drug delivery efficiency by adding vitamin to soft contact lenses.
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The research team succeeded in increasing the effectiveness of the drug by adding vitamin A and vitamin E along with glaucoma medication to “pHEMA,” which is used in general soft contact lenses. Fat-soluble vitamin A and vitamin E lump with each other in the inside of a contact lens and form a concrete surface which absorbs and maintains more glaucoma medication.