Profile: Alcon Canada Inc. specializes in offering eye care products. We market a full range of ophthalmic surgical supplies, instrumentation, and pharmaceuticals together with dry eye & contact lens care solutions. We sell these products to hospitals, ophthalmologists, optometrists, opticians, and retail pharmacies. We are specialized in ophthalmic surgical products, providing a comprehensive surgical portfolio. We apply scientific research to develop cataract, retinal and refractive surgical technologies. Our pharmaceuticals are used to treat millions of people who suffer from eye diseases and conditions such as glaucoma, eye infection, eye inflammation, eye allergies & ear infections. We manufacture contact lens care products and offer artificial tears for dry eye therapy & eye vitamins to help protect eye health. We offer products in all areas of cataract surgery, including equipment for lens removal and insertion, intraocular lenses (IOLs), solutions and viscoelastics, and sterile surgical kits. For patients with cataracts and presbyopia we have AcrySof® ReSTORreg; Aspheric IOL which eliminates the need for spectacles after surgery in most patients.
The company was founded in 1959, has ~200 employees and is ISO 9002 certified.