Alcon

Alcon is the world's largest eye care device company, with complementary Surgical and Vision Care businesses. Founded in 1945 in Fort Worth, Texas, the company develops products designed to enhance sight and improve lives, spanning intraocular lens technology, water gradient contact lenses, surgical ophthalmic equipment, vision correction devices, pharmaceutical treatments and diagnostic technologies. Its brands include AcrySof, an intraocular lens product line used in surgical eye care, and DAILIES TOTAL1, a water gradient contact lens in the Vision Care portfolio.

The company operates in 60 countries and serves patients in more than 140. Research and development receives over $876 million annually, supporting a pipeline of more than 70 products under development. Work takes place across ophthalmology, eye care devices, surgical eye care, vision care and contact lenses, ophthalmic pharmaceuticals and eye care diagnostics.

Alcon reports a heritage of over 75 years and a legacy of industry firsts defining the standard of care in ophthalmology. Its approach spans the entire patient journey, with investment directed at innovations addressing unmet patient needs. The company describes its mission in terms of the belief that when people see brilliantly, they live brilliantly.