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Alcon: Partnership
Alcon and Aravind Eye Care System launched a second Global Centre of Excellence for retina training in Coimbatore, India, expanding their partnership to strengthen advanced retina care access and training capabilities.
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Alliances like this can broaden the sector commercial leadership bench strength.
Market context: Backdrop: a 105.9 (Hot) Talent Market Index (down 2.3 on the month) with Asia activity steady (+0.5pts).
Alcon: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 2 tracked across 81 days.
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