Alcon launches new Air Optix ® Night & Day ® Aqua lens for continued day and night use

-45% Of soft contact lens users say that they sleep accidentally at least once a month to put lenses. Air Optix ® Night & Day ® Aqua lenses adapt to the pace of modern life and allow a continued use of a month.

– from 1 March is available a new version of the lenses Air Optix ® Night & Day ® Aqua of Alcon, approved for a continued use of up 30 nights.

-Air Optix ® Night & Day ® Aqua lenses have a high oxygen transmissibility, resistance to deposits and maintenance of hydration of the eye.

Barcelona, March 2012.- Air Optix ® Night & Day ® Aqua of Alcon is the contact lens with a high transmissibility of oxygen from the market and is approved for a continued use of up to 30 days and nights. The lens incorporates the system of wettability Aqua, which increases the comfort during insertion of contact lens. Being a range Air Optix lens, is also characterized by the TriComfort technology that combines the highest oxygen transmissibility of all available soft lenses, resistance to deposits for a correct hygiene and permeability for good maintenance of hydration.

All this leads to healthy-looking eyes and without redness. In addition, thanks to its permanent plasma surface treatment, contributes to a better clinical tolerance in patients and works as a bandage to protect the ocular surface during treatment of certain eye conditions. On the other hand, lenses Air Optix ® Night & Day ® Aqua presented an advanced spherical lens design to optimize comfort and adjustment of the lens to get more sharpness and visual clarity.

Lenses Air Optix ® Night & Day ® Aqua of Alcon are designed for consumers with dynamic lifestyles, especially those who rest or sleep with lenses, deliberately or by accident. According to a study of uses and attitudes of users of European contact lenses of 2010, 45% of soft contact lens users claim that they sleep accidentally at least once a month to put lenses. According to the same study of 2006, 24% of them said not be his and sleep with lenses made for five or more nights, although the lenses do not permit its use during sleep.

Air Optix ® Night & Day ® Aqua lenses are precisely aimed at people with long working hours, enjoying the nightlife, with unpredictable schedules, regular travelers or students with tight schedules.

About ALCON ®

The médico-farmacéutica company Alcon ®, a global leader in ophthalmology belonging to Novartis, is present in 180 countries and consists of more than 15,500 workers. In Spain, it has been present since 1977 and currently has 705 workers.

Alcon ® is a specialist in specialists. It takes more than a hundred years working in the service of Ophthalmology, with vocation of service professionals and in a spirit of caring for the health of the eyes of millions of people. Our mission is to discover, develop, produce and market innovative products that improve the quality of life by helping people to improve their view. Our vision is the of being the first choice in products company for the Ocular health and the company of greater confidence in the world for the care of the vision.

About Novartis

Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) provides solutions for the health care commensurate with the needs of patients and societies. Focusing exclusively on the area of health, provides a broad portfolio of products to meet these needs: innovative medicines; vision care; generic drugs of high quality that help the cost savings; human vaccines and diagnostic tools; OTC; and Animal health.