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.
Allergan launches campaign against blindness
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