Orange County, CA = Eye-Care AlleyOrange County, CA = Eye-Care Alley
Nestled between Los Angeles and San Diego, Orange County, CA has long been a hotbed of medical device companies. The New York Times has taken notice that the county is a Mecca for eye-care companies, much in the way Minneapolis-St. Paul is for cardiac device companies and Indiana is for orthopedics companies.
May 16, 2008
Companies spotlighted in the article include Allergan Inc., Eyeonics (sold to Bausch & Lomb last year and now known as Bausch & Lomb Surgical), WaveTec Vision Systems, and Glaukos Corp.The geographic concentration makes sense, because it keeps the sector's talent in one place, allowing it to easily jump from firm to firm, or start new ones. Eye care is a fast-growing field and will grow even more as baby boomers age and don't want their sight compromised. That means Orange County is going to be a very good place to be.
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