-- Strong evidence shows continued lens effectiveness in slowing myopia
     progression in children in third year   

HOYA Vision Care ( 
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), a leader in optical technology innovation, shared the results of a 
three-year follow-up clinical study on its award winning MiYOSMART spectacle 
lens with patented Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (D.I.M.S.) Technology 
after releasing the information at the recent European Academy of Optometry and 
Optics (EAOO) '21 conference. The new study ( 
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), published in March 2021 in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, was 
conducted by the Centre for Myopia Research at The Hong Kong Polytechnic 
University and follows-up on the two-year study which previously demonstrated 
evidence of the effectiveness of the lens in slowing down the progression of 
myopia in children ages 8-13(1). 

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The three-year follow-up study, conducted on 120 children in Asia, included 65 
from the original group using MiYOSMART lens who took part in the previous 
study and 55 children who moved from using a single-vision lens for two years 
to the MiYOSMART lens in the third year. At the end of the third year, results 
in the original group of children using MiYOSMART lens showed that slowing in 
myopia progression over time was sustained and the group that moved from 
regular single-vision to MiYOSMART spectacle lens showed a significant and 
immediate slow-down in the progression of myopia. 

Launched in some markets in mid-2018, the MiYOSMART spectacle lens was 
developed in cooperation with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to address 
myopia, or near sightedness which is a growing global health concern with 
industry experts predicting nearly 50% of the world's population to be impacted 
by 2050. The lens uses patented D.I.M.S. Technology that provides children with 
sharp vision, can be placed in any children's eyeglass frame and appears as a 
regular lens.  Based on the three-year follow-up study, the MiYOSMART lens can 
slow and in some cases halt myopia progression by utilizing myopic defocus.  

"The results of the three-year study on the MiYOSMART lens are very positive 
with the lens continuing to address the growing problem of myopia in children," 
said Griff Altmann, Chief Technology Officer at HOYA Vision Care. "HOYA Vision 
Care is proud to be a leader in developing a safe, effective way to manage the 
growing problem and we will work diligently to continue to roll out MiYOSMART 
globally."   

The award winning MiYOSMART lens won the coveted Grand Prize, Grand Award and 
Gold Medal at the 46th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in 
April 2018.  In October 2020, the lens was awarded the Silmo d'Or Award in the 
Vision Category at the Silmo Paris Optical show.

(1)Lam CSY, Tang WC, Tse DY, Lee RPK, Chun RKM, Hasegawa K, Qi H, Hatanaka T, 
To CH. Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) spectacle lenses slow 
myopia progression: a 2-year randomized clinical trial. British Journal of 
Ophthalmology. Published Online First: 29 May 2019. doi: 
10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-313739

PRODUCT DISCLAIMER - MiYOSMART has not been approved for myopia management in 
all countries, including the U.S., and is not currently available for sale in 
all countries, including the U.S.

About HOYA Vision Care
For over 60 years, HOYA Vision Care has been a passionate and global leader in 
optical technology innovation. As a manufacturer of high quality, high 
performing eyeglass lenses, HOYA continues to drive optical technology 
innovation with the aim of finding the best vision care solutions for Eye Care 
Professionals. The company supplies lenses in 52 countries with a network of 
over 18,000 employees and 45 laboratories around the globe.

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