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Ophthalmic Technologies Value Proposition Diagram

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Sam Lee
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Ophthalmic Technologies

Specialized Labour 

• $2.0 million Endowed Research Chair, Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto
• $1.3 million Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council(NSERC) Industrial Research Chair In Vitro Ophthalmic Toxicology, Waterloo
  
  

Leading Customers 

• Ontario Health Insurance Program (OHIP)
• Private Insurers
   

Suppliers and Infrastructure

• Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies (ICES) database
• TLC Laser Eye Centres - corrective procedures
• OTI Ophthalmic Technologies - equipment distribution
• Alcon Canada - ophthalmic products
  
  

Public Sector R&D

• $4.5 million Vision Science Research program, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto
• Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto
  • Largest pediatric vision research program in Canada
• University of Waterloo School of Optometry (View Video Innovation Profile)
• Centre for Contact Lens Research
  • Centre for Sight Enhancement
  • Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto