LCA-Vision Third Quarter EPS Rises 86% to $0.26, Revenues up 53% to $31.2 Million
Business Wire - October 26, 2004
CINCINNATI -- Marks Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Revenue Growth Exceeding 50% and Same-Store Growth of at Least 38%; Company Raises Financial Guidance for 2004, Reaffirms 2005 Growth Rates
LCA-Vision Inc. (Nasdaq:LCAV), a leading provider of fi... (Read More)
Heidelberg Engineering Receives FDA Clearance for First Cornea Laser Microscope
Business Wire - October 22, 2004
VISTA, Calif. -- Patients with laser vision correction, cataracts or contact lenses will have access to a new diagnostic option as Heidelberg Engineering announced today that it has received FDA clearance for the Rostock Cornea Module, the key com... (Read More)
Blade-Free IntraLase Laser Removes LASIK Fear Factor, Helps Contribute to Rebound in U.S. LASIK Market
Business Wire - October 21, 2004
IRVINE, Calif. & NEW ORLEANS -- The first laser to replace the hand-held blade historically used in LASIK (laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis) is giving thousands of consumers each month the confidence to finally undergo this vision correct... (Read More)
VISX Operating Profit Up 89 Percent
Business Wire - October 21, 2004
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- VISX, Incorporated (NYSE:EYE) today announced financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2004.
Third quarter revenues were $38.7 million compared with $39.3 million for the comparable perio... (Read More)
LCA-Vision to Broadcast its Third Quarter Conference Call Live on the Internet
Business Wire - October 19, 2004
CINCINNATI -- LCA-Vision Inc. (Nasdaq:LCAV), a leading provider of laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus brand, today announced that the Company will provide an online web simulcast of its third quarter financial results on Tuesday,... (Read More)
NovaMed Announces $50 Million Credit Facility
Business Wire - October 19, 2004
CHICAGO -- NovaMed, Inc. (Nasdaq:NOVA) today announced that it has entered into an amendment to its credit facility that increases the size of the facility from $30 million to $50 million and extends the term by two years to June 30, 2008. Nationa... (Read More)
VISX to Webcast Third Quarter Results Conference Call
Business Wire - October 15, 2004
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- VISX, Incorporated (NYSE:EYE) announced today that it will webcast its third quarter 2004 financial results conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 21, 2004. During the call, VISX management will discu... (Read More)
Eye Care International Restructures Self Funded Alternatives Deal
Business Wire - October 14, 2004
TAMPA, Fla. -- Eye Care International, Inc. (EYCI) has restructured its acquisition of Self Funded Alternatives, or SFA. Principals of SFA have returned all stock and substantially all cash received from Eye Care International, but will be permitt... (Read More)
ASCRS and ACCME Officials Meet, ASCRS Calls for Review of Conflict of Interest Guidance Documents, Active Oversight by ACCME Member Organizations
PR Newswire - October 14, 2004
FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Following an October 12, Chicago meeting of officials from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), ASCRS called ... (Read More)
Eye Surgeons Urge Rejection of Oklahoma Rule Allowing Non-Physicians to Perform Eye Surgery
PR Newswire - October 12, 2004
FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) today urged Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry to reject a rule adopted October 4 by the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry that would allow opt... (Read More)
Mail Handlers Benefit Plan To Offer Supplemental Dental & Vision Plans for Federal Employees; MHBP Extends Supplemental Dental & Vision Plans to
Business Wire - October 11, 2004
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- First Health, administrator for the Mail Handlers Benefit Plan, announced today that the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and First Health are offering supplemental dental and vision plans, the MHBP Federal Dental Plan an... (Read More)
University of Michigan's Wolverine Venture Fund Sees First Portfolio Company IPO; — One of a kind student-run venture fund was early investor in IntraLase,
PR Newswire - October 7, 2004
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wolverine Venture Fund (WVF), the only university-based venture fund of its type in the United States and a signature program of the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Stud... (Read More)
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