CIBA Vision

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CIBA Vision is a PLATINUM level sponsor of the American Optometric Association.

With a focus on innovation, quality and strong partnerships with eye care practitioners, CIBA Vision is a global leader in the research, development and manufacturing of contact lenses and lens care products. CIBA Vision also shares eye care practitioners' passion for healthy vision and dedication to improving the quality of patients' lives around the world.

Air Optix™ for Astigmatism is CIBA Vision's latest innovative silicone hydrogel lens. With its breakthrough Precision Balance 8l4™ design, Air Optix™ for Astigmatism delivers excellent comfort and outstanding performance with 95 percent first-fit successⁱ. The wide optic zone provides excellent visual acuityⁱⁱ and ensures the lens fitting characteristics and axis orientation are consistent from patient to patient.

Additionally, 99 percent of Air Optix™ for Astigmatism lenses have acceptable or optimal fit at dispensingⁱ and stabilize on the eye in just 30 secondsⁱⁱⁱ, helping reduce chair time for the eye care professional and increase satisfaction for patients.

The lens also offers the highest oxygen transmissibility of any available soft toric lens and transmits up to seven times more oxygen than the leading low Dk/t hydrogel toric lens*- helping protect patients from the signs and symptoms of corneal oxygen deficiency for whiter, healthy-looking eyes.

The national launch for Air Optix™ for Astigmatism kicks off in mid-April, and the launch parameters are: base curve: 8.7 mm; diameter: 14.5 mm; sphere powers: plano to -6.00 in (0.25D steps)†; cylinder powers: -0.75D, -1.25D†; axes: around the clock in 10° increments.

† The parameter range will be expanded in the months ahead.

With the spring 2008 launch of Air Optix™ for Astigmatism, CIBA Vision is also introducing the Air Optix brand name in the United States, with a recommended monthly replacement schedule to encourage patient compliance. Moving forward, new products and product improvements to our family of silicone hydrogel lenses will be introduced under the Air Optix name in markets around the world.

A recommended monthly modality for the Air Optix family helps encourage higher patient compliance. Research shows a 56 percent patient compliance for those wearing monthly lenses, which is an increase of more than twice the compliance rate of one-to-two-week lenses^iv. In fact, as few as 26 percent of patients wearing one-to-two-week disposable-type contact lenses are compliant with the recommended replacement schedule^iv. Monthly replacement is easier for patients to remember. It also aligns modality with the reality of how eye care professionals prescribe lenses and how patients actually wear them.

Eye care professionals can confidently recommend a monthly replacement schedule for Air Optix for Astigmatism with research showing it sustains its performance throughout the monthly durationv. In a clinical trial, patients wearing the lens gave it high ratings for comfort and vision at both two and four weeks^v. Additionally, lenses worn by patients showed no significant increase in front surface lens deposits between two and four weeks of wearv.

CIBA Vision will continue to build upon its strong history of innovation to introduce exciting products that delight eye care professionals and contact lens patients.

* Air Optix for Astigmatism Dk/t = 108 @ -3.00D -1.25D x 180°
SofLens66 Toric Dk/t = 16 @ -3.00D -1.25D x 180°

i CIBA VISION data on file, 2005.
ii CIBA VISION data on file, 2005.
iii CIBA VISION data on file, 2006.
iv CIBA VISION data on file, 2005.
v CIBA VISION data on file, 2005.