Contact Lens Prescription Rule Averts Manufacturer Disclosure Requirement
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FTC is rejecting vendor proposals that would require private-label contact lens manufacturers to inform eye care professionals about equivalent brand name lenses so those brand names can be added to prescriptions
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