Allergan launches campaign against blindness

Allergan is launching See America to stress the importance of eye health.
Allergan is launching See America to stress the importance of eye health. | File photo
Global pharmaceutical leader Allergan is launch a new campaign to bring awareness to blindness, and commit to fighting preventable blindness in the United States in its new See America initiative.
“Vision loss from diseases such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy is affecting and destroying the lives of too many, with cases of preventable blindness increasing at such a frightening rate,” Herm Cukier, senior vice president of eye care at Allergan, said in a news release. “We are launching See America to stress the importance of eye health. The time to act is now.”
The launch follows a major report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in September 2016.