SHANGHAI, March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CPHI & PMEC China 2026 is set to take place from 16 to 18 June 2026 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), building on its extremely successful run over the last few years.
As the world's premier destination for pharmaceutical ingredients and manufacturing solutions, this year's edition is set to bring together over 110,000 attendees, and more than 3,600 local and international exhibitors. This comfortably makes CPHI & PMEC China Asia's largest pharma event, offering unparalleled opportunities to source, supply and innovate within China's pharmaceutical powerhouse.
The extraordinary growth of CPHI & PMEC China speaks to the country's reputation as the global hub for pharmaceutical building blocks. The event has become the essential marketplace for global products and solutions that power modern medicine worldwide, from APIs and natural extracts, machinery, laboratory instruments and packaging, to biotech and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
Orhan Caglayan, Executive Vice President, Pharma Portfolio, Informa Markets, adds, "The growth of CPHI & PMEC China mirrors the extraordinary pace of innovation in China, solidifying its position as the ultimate destination for sourcing, supply chain optimisation and forging strategic partnerships. CPHI & PMEC China 2026 is a testament to the resilience and future-forward vision of the pharmaceutical industry."
The 2026 edition will feature expanded zones, including TCM pavilions and next-generation API showcases, reflecting China's dual strengths in heritage ingredients and cutting-edge pharmaceutical advancements. First-time exhibitors and specialized areas for medical aesthetic packaging, frontier technologies, and smart lab spaces will further enhance the event's comprehensive offerings.
Attendees will gain access to Asia's largest concentration of pharmaceutical machinery manufacturers and cutting-edge production technologies. Live equipment demonstrations, technical seminars, and networking programs, such as the Hosted Buyer Matchmaking Program and plant visits, will facilitate direct connections between international buyers and leading suppliers.
More than 100 conferences and workshops, led by over 700 experts and officials, will provide attendees with unparalleled access to market intelligence and technical expertise. These sessions position participants at the heart of rapid innovation, from investigational drugs to biotech and machinery developments.
Don't miss this definitive global platform for sourcing from China's leading manufacturers, discovering TCM ingredients and natural extracts, evaluating pharmaceutical machinery for production needs, partnering with contract manufacturers, networking, learning and staying ahead of trends in pharmaceutical innovation.
For more information and registration, visit https://www.cphi.com/china/en/home.html
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The largest pharma show in Asia makes its return to Shanghai this June 2026
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Second Phase of Rollout Builds on Strong Momentum Across Europe and UK.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CooperVision is continuing its global rollout of MyDay® MiSight® 1 day contact lenses with immediate availability in Australia and New Zealand, marking the myopia control product's first entry into the Asia Pacific region. In addition, the innovative lenses are now shipping in South Africa and Israel, building on the initial launch earlier this year across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The expansions underscore the company's commitment to making evidence-based myopia management interventions accessible to eye care professionals (ECPs) and children worldwide.
"Myopia is a pressing health challenge of epic proportions, now affecting nearly one in three children worldwide," said Debbie Olive, Chief Commercial Officer for CooperVision.*1,2,3 "The growing availability and adoption of our myopia control contact lenses, including MyDay® MiSight® 1 day, are helping drive a meaningful shift in pediatric eye care by supporting children's vision today while helping protect their sight for the future."
MyDay® MiSight® 1 day combines the proven MiSight® 1 day ActivControl® Technology with the advanced silicone hydrogel material used in MyDay® lenses, offering "always-on" myopia control alongside the comfort and performance of a daily disposable silicone hydrogel lens.†4 This technology has demonstrated an approximate 50% reduction in myopia progression and is supported by the longest-running soft contact lens clinical trial for myopia control in children. ‡5,6
"The introduction of MyDay® MiSight® 1 day into the Asia Pacific region marks an important milestone in our global efforts to make the latest in evidence-based myopia control accessible to as many children as possible," said Jennifer Lambert, VP – Myopia Control & Cornea Care for CooperVision, CooperVision. "As MiSight® products become available in more markets worldwide, CooperVision's scale and focus are driving a shift in the paradigm, from simply correcting vision to actively controlling myopia progression."
CooperVision expects to continue its phased MyDay® MiSight® 1 day expansion in the coming months, including additional availability in Asia Pacific markets.
To find out more about CooperVision's contact lens portfolio and evidence-based myopia management interventions, visit: www.coopervision.com/select-region
About CooperVision
CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO), is one of the world's leading manufacturers of contact lenses. The company produces a full array of daily disposable, two-week and monthly soft contact lenses that feature advanced materials and optics, and premium rigid gas permeable lenses for orthokeratology and scleral designs. CooperVision has a strong heritage of addressing the toughest vision challenges such as astigmatism, presbyopia, childhood myopia, and highly irregular corneas; and offers the most complete portfolio of spherical, toric and multifocal products available. Through a combination of innovative products and focused practitioner support, the company brings a refreshing perspective to the marketplace, creating real advantages for customers and wearers. For more information, visit www.coopervision.com.
About CooperCompanies
CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO) is a leading global medical device company focused on helping people experience life's beautiful moments through its two business units, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision is a trusted leader in the contact lens industry, helping to improve the way people see each day. CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women's healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most. Headquartered in San Ramon, Calif., CooperCompanies has a workforce of more than 15,000, sells products in over 130 countries, and positively impacts over 50 million lives each year. For more information, please visit www.coopercos.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including, among others, statements regarding the launch of MyDay® MiSight® 1 day. Forward-looking statements necessarily depend on assumptions, data or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results and future actions to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements are risks relating to challenges inherent in developing, manufacturing, launching, marketing, and selling new or alternative products; potential product performance, availability and quality issues; competition; launch delays; and other factors described in CooperCompanies' Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the "Business", "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections in Cooper's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, as such Risk Factors may be updated in annual and quarterly filings. CooperCompanies cautions investors that forward-looking statements reflect the company's analysis only on their stated date. CooperCompanies disclaims any intent to update them except as required by law.
Media Contact
Laura DiCaprio, APR
McDougall Communications for CooperVision
laura@mcdougallpr.com or +1-585-434-2148
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* Based on a comprehensive analysis of 276 studies, involving a total of 5,410,945 children and adolescents with spherical equivalent of -0.50D or less, aged 6-19 from across 50 countries, with notable variations in prevalence across different demographic groups.
† Proven to slow myopia progression in children compared to a single vision 1-day lens over a 3-year period.
‡ Using measured and modeled data, pooled across ages (8-17), myopia progression was slowed by an average of approximately 50% with MiSight® 1 day, which shares the same ActivControl® Technology with MyDay® MiSight® 1 day.
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1 Holden BA, Fricke TR, Wilson DA, et al. Global prevalence of myopia and high myopia and temporal trends from 2000 through 2050. Ophthalmology. 2016;123(5):1036-1042.
2 Liang J, Pu Y, Chen J, et al, Global prevalence, trend and projection of myopia in children and adolescents from 1990 to 2050: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis, British Journal of Ophthalmology 2025;109:362-371.
3 James S. Wolffsohn, Monica Jong, Earl L. Smith, Serge R. Resnikoff, Jost B. Jonas, Nicola S. Logan, Ian Morgan, Padmaja Sankaridurg, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui; IMI 2021 Reports and Digest – Reflections on the Implications for Clinical Practice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2021;62(5):1. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.62.5.1.
4 Chamberlain P et al A 3-year Randomized Clinical Trial of MiSight Lenses for Myopia Control. OVS 2019;96:556-567.
5 Arumugam B et al. Modelling Age Effects of Myopia Progression for the MiSight 1 day Clinical Trial. IOVS 2021;62(8):2333.
6 CVI data on file, 2025.
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Second Phase of Rollout Builds on Strong Momentum Across Europe and UK.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CooperVision is continuing its global rollout of MyDay® MiSight® 1 day contact lenses with immediate availability in Australia and New Zealand, marking the myopia control product's first entry into the Asia Pacific region. In addition, the innovative lenses are now shipping in South Africa and Israel, building on the initial launch earlier this year across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The expansions underscore the company's commitment to making evidence-based myopia management interventions accessible to eye care professionals (ECPs) and children worldwide.
"Myopia is a pressing health challenge of epic proportions, now affecting nearly one in three children worldwide," said Debbie Olive, Chief Commercial Officer for CooperVision.*1,2,3 "The growing availability and adoption of our myopia control contact lenses, including MyDay® MiSight® 1 day, are helping drive a meaningful shift in pediatric eye care by supporting children's vision today while helping protect their sight for the future."
MyDay® MiSight® 1 day combines the proven MiSight® 1 day ActivControl® Technology with the advanced silicone hydrogel material used in MyDay® lenses, offering "always-on" myopia control alongside the comfort and performance of a daily disposable silicone hydrogel lens.†4 This technology has demonstrated an approximate 50% reduction in myopia progression and is supported by the longest-running soft contact lens clinical trial for myopia control in children. ‡5,6
"The introduction of MyDay® MiSight® 1 day into the Asia Pacific region marks an important milestone in our global efforts to make the latest in evidence-based myopia control accessible to as many children as possible," said Jennifer Lambert, VP – Myopia Control & Cornea Care for CooperVision, CooperVision. "As MiSight® products become available in more markets worldwide, CooperVision's scale and focus are driving a shift in the paradigm, from simply correcting vision to actively controlling myopia progression."
CooperVision expects to continue its phased MyDay® MiSight® 1 day expansion in the coming months, including additional availability in Asia Pacific markets.
To find out more about CooperVision's contact lens portfolio and evidence-based myopia management interventions, visit: www.coopervision.com/select-region
About CooperVision
CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO), is one of the world's leading manufacturers of contact lenses. The company produces a full array of daily disposable, two-week and monthly soft contact lenses that feature advanced materials and optics, and premium rigid gas permeable lenses for orthokeratology and scleral designs. CooperVision has a strong heritage of addressing the toughest vision challenges such as astigmatism, presbyopia, childhood myopia, and highly irregular corneas; and offers the most complete portfolio of spherical, toric and multifocal products available. Through a combination of innovative products and focused practitioner support, the company brings a refreshing perspective to the marketplace, creating real advantages for customers and wearers. For more information, visit www.coopervision.com.
About CooperCompanies
CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO) is a leading global medical device company focused on helping people experience life's beautiful moments through its two business units, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision is a trusted leader in the contact lens industry, helping to improve the way people see each day. CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women's healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most. Headquartered in San Ramon, Calif., CooperCompanies has a workforce of more than 15,000, sells products in over 130 countries, and positively impacts over 50 million lives each year. For more information, please visit www.coopercos.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including, among others, statements regarding the launch of MyDay® MiSight® 1 day. Forward-looking statements necessarily depend on assumptions, data or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results and future actions to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements are risks relating to challenges inherent in developing, manufacturing, launching, marketing, and selling new or alternative products; potential product performance, availability and quality issues; competition; launch delays; and other factors described in CooperCompanies' Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the "Business", "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections in Cooper's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, as such Risk Factors may be updated in annual and quarterly filings. CooperCompanies cautions investors that forward-looking statements reflect the company's analysis only on their stated date. CooperCompanies disclaims any intent to update them except as required by law.
Media Contact
Laura DiCaprio, APR
McDougall Communications for CooperVision
laura@mcdougallpr.com or +1-585-434-2148
_________________________________
* Based on a comprehensive analysis of 276 studies, involving a total of 5,410,945 children and adolescents with spherical equivalent of -0.50D or less, aged 6-19 from across 50 countries, with notable variations in prevalence across different demographic groups.
† Proven to slow myopia progression in children compared to a single vision 1-day lens over a 3-year period.
‡ Using measured and modeled data, pooled across ages (8-17), myopia progression was slowed by an average of approximately 50% with MiSight® 1 day, which shares the same ActivControl® Technology with MyDay® MiSight® 1 day.
_________________________________
1 Holden BA, Fricke TR, Wilson DA, et al. Global prevalence of myopia and high myopia and temporal trends from 2000 through 2050. Ophthalmology. 2016;123(5):1036-1042.
2 Liang J, Pu Y, Chen J, et al, Global prevalence, trend and projection of myopia in children and adolescents from 1990 to 2050: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis, British Journal of Ophthalmology 2025;109:362-371.
3 James S. Wolffsohn, Monica Jong, Earl L. Smith, Serge R. Resnikoff, Jost B. Jonas, Nicola S. Logan, Ian Morgan, Padmaja Sankaridurg, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui; IMI 2021 Reports and Digest – Reflections on the Implications for Clinical Practice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2021;62(5):1. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.62.5.1.
4 Chamberlain P et al A 3-year Randomized Clinical Trial of MiSight Lenses for Myopia Control. OVS 2019;96:556-567.
5 Arumugam B et al. Modelling Age Effects of Myopia Progression for the MiSight 1 day Clinical Trial. IOVS 2021;62(8):2333.
6 CVI data on file, 2025.
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CooperVision Expands MyDay® MiSight® 1 day Myopia Control Soft Contact Lenses Into Asia Pacific Region
