Dr. Joshua Davidson has a clear passion for eye care and his patients as an optometrist, which has led him to help solve their problems through innovation and product development. He has become a national expert on Dry Eye Disease and specialty contact lenses. While seeing 30-50 dry eye patients a day and discussing the importance of drinking water, he realized there was a hole in the market. He pulled together a few doctors to formulate a drink mix specifically to help dry eye patients. He discusses the entrepreneurial journey with Dr. Joseph Allen and shares the lessons he learned along the way … from idea to product development to bringing it to market. 

Learn more about the Dry Eye Drink here: https://dryeyedrink.com/ 

Key Moments 

1:59 How Dr. Davidson got into optometry 

3:56 Where/how Dr. Davidson practices optometry today 

5:29 His path to focusing on specialty lenses 

8:07 The origins and development of the Dry Eye Drink 

12:52 Collaborating with five doctors on product development 

14:15 Bringing a new product to market 20:40 Flavor preferences. Does orange Dry Eye Drink taste like Tang? 

22:22 Adding a night-time version to Dry Eye Drink 

24:44 The research behind melatonin 

28:22 The importance of having a mentor as an entrepreneur 

30:25 The need for front-line doctors to create products that improve patients’ lives 

33:30 Where the best ideas come from 35:49 Future research on the Dry Eye Drink 

37:10 Thoughts on uniform licensing nationally

Eye Give a Damn hosted by Dr. Joseph Allen is produced by FluoreSCENE Media.

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