Publications: DECISION RESOURCES

One of the original purposes of starting this web Journal was to post some of my earliest published work. However, since I doubt that the earliest papers and reports appear anywhere on the web, I have decided just to post a list of these publications by publishing source, in this first case, Arthur D. Little’s Decision Resources. (Decision Resources, originally a part of Arthur D. Little, is now a self-standing company and can be reached via this link.)

Some of more important papers and reports fell into a few subject areas. Here is a list by subject and date:

SOFT CONTACT LENSES

● Outlook for Soft Contact Lenses, September 1973
● Outlook for Soft Contact Lenses, September 1975
● Update on the Market for Soft Contact Lenses in the United States, October 1977

The above reports were probably the first marketing reports covering the beginnings of the Soft Contact Lens Industry. They were published by ADL Decision Resources and established me as an “expert” (also known as a “guru” or “maven”) in the field, and led to more than 100 consulting assignments in the soft lens industry. Among the more notable consulting assignments were my assistance in Johnson & Johnson’s acquisition of Frontier Contact Lenses (later renamed Vistakon); Ciba-Geigy’s acquisition of Titmus Eurocon (Germany) leading to the formation of Ciba Vision; and Schering Corporation’s acquisition of Wesley-Jessen (later acquired by Ciba Vision). I also was part of the legal team in the landmark Bausch & Lomb vs. the IRS case concerning the disposition of off-shore royalties under the tax code.

In later years I wrote about cosmetic tinted soft lenses and disposable contact lenses for DR (see the following sections).

MEDICAL LASERS

● Outlook for Lasers in Ophthalmology, ADL International Health Care Industry Service, December 1983
● Ophthalmic Lasers, ADL Futurescope, January 1984
● The Outlook for Medical Lasers, ADL Decision Resources, August 1985
● Medical Laser Systems: The Surgical Revolution, ADL Decision Resources, December 1986
● Medical Laser Systems,ADL Futurescope, January 1987
● Medical Laser Systems - Market Outlook and Company Participants, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, February 1987
● Medical Laser Systems Applications, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, April 1987

The 1983 ophthalmic laser paper was my first entry into the field of medical lasers. It followed closely the first FDA approval of lasers for use in ophthalmology.

The 1985 “The Outlook for Medical Lasers” report was my first major report on medical lasers and was widely sold by Decision Resources. It was followed a year later by the 1986 “Medical Laser Systems: The Surgical Revolution” report, also widely distributed by DR.

REFRACTIVE SURGERY

● Developments in Keratorefractive Surgery, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, January 1984
● Laser Refractive Keratoplasty, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, May 1987
● Update: Laser Refractive Keratoplasty, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, July 1987
● Laser Refractive Keratoplasty: Evolution and Prospects, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, February 1990; ADL Futurescope, May 1990

I first began writing about refractive surgery in 1984, first about radial keratotomy (RK), but a few years later, about the laser refractive surgery revolution, ending up with a “White Paper” on the subject in 1990.

I have “hard” copies of most of the above papers/report if anyone is really interested in looking at past history. The remainder, unfortunately, have been relegated to “the round file”, unless they remain in the archives of Decision Resources.

In the seventeen years that I wrote for Decision Resources, I covered many other ophthalmic technologies and subjects including: ophthalmic industry sales; intraocular lenses; and viscoelastic substances. Following is a complete listing of the papers and reports published by DR:

● Outlook for Soft Contact Lenses, September 1973
● Outlook for Soft Contact Lenses, September 1975
● Update on the Market for Soft Contact Lenses in the United States, October 1977
● Review of Intraocular Lenses (IOLs), ADL International Health Care Portfolio, July 1982
● Worldwide Ophthalmic Industry Sales, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, October 1982
● A Look at Vision Correction in the Future, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, November 1982
● Worldwide Ophthalmic Industry Sales - Update, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, June 1983
● Update - Intraocular Lenses (IOLs), ADL International Health Care Portfolio, September 1983
● Cosmetic Tinted Contact Lenses, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, November 1983
● Outlook for Lasers in Ophthalmology, ADL International Health Care Industry Service, December 1983
● Ophthalmic Lasers, ADL Futurescope, January 1984
● Developments in Keratorefractive Surgery, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, January 1984
● The Outlook for Viscoelastic Substances, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, June 1984
● Viscoelastic Substances, ADL Futurescope, July 1984
● Intraocular Lenses, ADL Futurescope, August 1984
● Update: Developments in Ophthalmology, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, November 1984
● The Outlook for Medical Lasers, ADL Decision Resources, August 1985
● Ophthalmology in 2000 AD, ADL FutureScope, September 1985
● Trends in Ophthalmology, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, October 1985
● Update - Intraocular Lenses, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, November 1985
● Worldwide Ophthalmic Industry Sales, 1985-1990, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, September 1986
● Update - Contact Lenses, ADL International Health Care Portfolio, November 1986
● Medical Laser Systems: The Surgical Revolution, ADL Decision Resources, December 1986
● Medical Laser Systems,ADL Futurescope, January 1987
● Medical Laser Systems - Market Outlook and Company Participants, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, February 1987
● Update: Cosmetic Tinted Lenses, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, March 1987
● Medical Laser Systems Applications, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, April 1987
● Laser Refractive Keratoplasty, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, May 1987
● Update: Laser Refractive Keratoplasty, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, July 1987
● Viscoelastic Substances, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, July 1987 and ADL Futurescope, September 1987
● Sales of Ophthalmic Products to 1991, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, October 1987, January 1988
● Implications of Major Patent Case in the Contact Lens Industry, ADL
Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, December 1987
● Ophthalmology Update, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, March 1988
● Intraocular Lenses in the United States: A Declining Market, ADL Spectrum
Health Care Portfolio, June 1988
● Second Generation Viscoelastic Substances, ADL Spectrum Health Care
Portfolio, August 1988
● Ophthalmology Update 1988, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, November 1988
● The Outlook for Medical Lasers: The New Technologies, ADL Decision Resources, December 1988
● Sales of Ophthalmic Products to 1992, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, December 1988, February 1989
● Medical Lasers: New Technologies and Applications May Boost the Market, ADL Futurescope, March 1989
● Laser Technology for Medical Applications, ADL Spectrum Advanced Materials, March 1989
● New Medical Laser Applications, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, April 1989
● Second Generation Viscoelastic Substances, ADL Futurescope, April 1989
● Disposable Contact Lenses, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, May 1989
● Laser Refractive Keratoplasty: Evolution and Prospects, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, February 1990; ADL Futurescope, May 1990
● Ophthalmology Update, ADL Spectrum Health Care Portfolio, December 1990