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In 2026, Texas public schools will face a horizon with a slightly slowing population boom; the first applications from ...

NEW YORK, December 19, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broadwood Partners, L.P. and its affiliates ("Broadwood" or "we"), which together own 30.2% of the outstanding common stock of STAAR Surgical Company ...

Staar Surgical, a manufacturer of the Implantable Collamer Lens, has delayed a shareholder vote on Alcon’s planned $1.6 billion takeover offer for the fourth time since October. In October, the vote ...

LAKE FOREST, Calif., December 17, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), the global leader in phakic IOLs with the EVO family of Implantable Collamer ® Lenses (EVO ICL™) for ...

In August, Geneva, Switzerland-based eye care company Alcon agreed to buy Staar Surgical in a deal valued at $1.5 billion, but STAAR has faced opposition to the deal, including from its largest ...

Changes are on the way for Texas school districts after new laws were adopted during the recent legislative session. Among those changes is a shift from the State of Texas Assessments of Academic ...

STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA) (“STAAR”), the global leader in phakic IOLs with the EVO family of Implantable Collamer® Lenses (EVO ICL™) for vision correction, today issued the following ...

LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), the global leader in phakic IOLs with the EVO family of Implantable Collamer® Lenses (EVO ICL™) for vision correction, ...

Texas' annual STAAR test could be replaced with three shorter tests under a new bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. A bill to end Texas’ STAAR test in 2027 is likely to be signed into law by Gov.

Broadwood Partners, the largest shareholder of STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA), announced on Tuesday it would vote against Swiss eyecare firm Alcon’s (NYSE:ALC) offer to buy the implantable lens maker ...

Global eye care company Alcon announced the acquisition of Lake Forest-based Staar Surgical Co. in a transaction with a total equity value of approximately $1.5 billion. Under the terms of the ...