Nick Birrell

Opto Global is a privately owned company focused on sales, marketing and development of ophthalmic equipment. The company is based in Adelaide, South, from where it distributes its products to over 60 countries through local independent distributors. The company's vision is to deliver superior returns to shareholders through a focus on sales and development of ophthalmic products to the global market. Opto Global is committed to development and commercialisation of new technologies for the treatment and diagnosis of diseases of the eye resulting in cutting edge products for ophthalmologists, optometrists, hospitals and associated health care professionals. Opto Global was incorporated in April 2003 and is building on its profitable foundations to deliver new market leading products. Some of the most recent product innovations include the Opto AP200 Automated Perimeter, the world's first solid state blue on yellow automated perimeter for the early diagnosis of glaucoma; the Opto i-MP (Indocyanine green Mediated Photothrombosis) which is progressing through clinical trials with the intention of treating a significant amount of people with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD); and, Opto Global is developing an innovative device to assist in cataract surgery which has become the most frequent ophthalmic surgical procedure around the world.