STAAR Surgical Reports Solid First Quarte... ( Total Sales Grow ...)

STAAR Surgical Reports Solid First Quarter Progress

Date:5/6/2008

Total Sales Grow 20% Year-Over-Year

U.S. Visian ICL Sales Increase Year-Over-Year

Cost Reduction Efforts Show Continued Results

Company Ends the Quarter with $10.5 Million in Cash

MONROVIA, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products, today reported good progress during its first quarter ended March 28, 2008.

Recent Highlights

Corporate Highlights

-- Total sales grew 20% year-over-year to $17,960,000

-- Total international sales growth of 37% year-over-year to

$13,436,000

-- Cost reduction programs focused on U.S. operations generated results

-- Strong management of cash resources continued: $10,522,000 on hand

as of March 28 versus $10,895,000 as of December 28, 2007

Visian ICL Highlights

-- Global Visian ICL sales increased by 18%

-- International ICL sales growth of 23%

-- Approval from China's SFDA to market the Toric ICL and Hyperopic ICL

-- U.S. Visian ICL sales increased nine percent year-over-year with

even stronger growth to start Q2

-- Introduced new Visian ICL Growth Program(TM)

-- Increased consumer media coverage in key markets

-- Traffic on http://www.visianinfo.com more than doubled in March and

April compared to 2007

-- Media focus on complications of the LASIK refractive surgery

IOL Highlights

-- Global cataract sales increased by 22%

-- Strategic roadmap developed to re
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