Bye bye, bifocals? New eye drops can fix farsightedness
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first eye drop that could allow users to ditch their bifocals—or at least rely on them far less often. Developed by the pharmaceutical company LENZ, VIZZ is an aceclidine ophthalmic treatment in the form of once-daily drops that ease near-object blurriness for up to 10 hours.
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