ALLIANCES

• Professional Eyecare Resource Co-Operative (PERC) and Infinity Vision Alliance have entered into a partnership with Illuma Care Connections to engage diabetic patients and schedule appointments with the groups’ providers.

COMPANY NEWS

• ActiveLink Optical released a new eCommerce product to complement its CRM solution. The product integrates with an O.D.’s website to recommend frames based on the patient’s facial features and allows the practitioner to set pricing. Activelinkoptical.com
• Aerie Pharmaceuticals has acquired from Envisia Therapeutics Inc. the rights to use PRINT technology, a proprietary system of sustained release products engineering in ophthalmology and certain other assets. Aerie says it intends to use the technology to advance its pipeline for treatments of back-of-the-eye conditions, such as wet AMD.
• Bio-Tissue Inc. has reached a strategic agreement with Bright Optical, a Canadian ophthalmic products distributor, to bring the PROKERA biologic corneal bandage to Canadian eye professionals.
• D-EYE Sri is offering educational special pricing for students, 20% off, and professors, 30% off, for a class, or more than 15 devices. For more on the discount, visit bit.ly/2uZUNgr .
• Essilor has appointed Hilary Halper to CFO. She replaces Geraldine Picaud. In related news, the company has been selected by Dow Jones Sustainability Index World and Europe for its corporate sustainability leadership, ranked second in the Health Care Equipment and Supplies sector. It has been included in FTSE4Good, a global investment index to identify companies that demonstrate strong environmental, social and governance practices.
• GSRx Inc. has launched Proper Optics.com , an optical e-commerce site for independent practices. Practices will make the same profit as they would from an in-office sale, minus a processing fee.
• Guardion Health Sciences has completed Series B funding and raised an aggregate total of more than $3.1 million.
• Katena Products has purchased NuPak Medical Ltd, a medical device manufacturer serving several subspecialties, including ophthalmology.
• Lighthouse Guild has moved, to 250 W. 64th St., New York, and it unveiled a new logo. To see it, visit Lighthouseguild.org .
• Cleinman Performance Partners has announced that Lisa Schwartz has joined the firm as chief excellence officer. Ms. Schwartz has more than 20 years senior-level experience with Fortune 500 companies, such as Citigroup, Cleinman says.
• Oculus Optikegerate has incorporated Oculus Canada, its ninth international subsidiary.
• Safilo Group announced the opening of the new Safilo North American headquarters in Secaucus, N.J., which replaces the Parsippany, N.J. location.
• A marketing authorization application for lifitegrast (Shire) has been validated by the U.K.
• Valley Contax has developed an ongoing scleral lens workshop titled “Custom Stable Fridays.” The events are held every two months at the company’s Springfield, Ore. location. For more, visit valleycontax.com .
• Visiometrics has moved to a new location: 3420 Bristol St., Suite 523 in Costa Mesa, Calif.

NONPROFIT

• The American Academy of Optometry announced that a $5,000 donation has been made to VOSH/International in honor of C. Ellis Potter, O.D., F.A.A.O., the 2017 inaugural recipient of the Brien Holden Humanitarian Award.
• RestoringVision, an optical non-profit, has set a goal to help 20 million people, via access to glasses, by the end of 2020.

PUBLIC AWARENESS

• Using the theme, “Seeing is a Gift,” Think About Your Eyes has been airing commercials that revolve around, “the celebration of sight and all that it brings to people’s lives.” The new campaign replaces the old public service announcement ad campaign style. Visit www.thinkaboutyoureyes.com/videos . In related news, Think About Your Eyes has two new partners: VFO Group (Optelec) and Compliancy Group, bringing its total to 23 partners.

SCHOOLS

• Donald J. Egan, O.D., F.A.A.O., was appointed director of contact lenses at University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Optometry. OM