2026
MDR certification
Desìo lenses complete the transition to the European Medical Device Regulation: the regulatory framework that redefines the safety and compliance requirements for medical devices across the Union.
Italian excellence since 2011Qualimed
Qualimed
The perfect lens
is invisible.
Certified medical devices the world wears like luxury objects. Founded in 2011. Designed and manufactured in Italy.
- ISO 13485 · ISO 9001 · CE-MDR · FDA Cleared
- Registered in 150+ countries · distributed in 50+ markets
- Manufactured in Italy
Our values
Clinical precision, Italian elegance.
Because a lens can protect the cornea and turn heads. Not necessarily in that order.
Research & Development
Geometries, materials and pigmentations developed in-house in compliance with the European MDR.
Italian manufacturing
Gallarate, Lombardy. Where what the world wears is made.
Industry 4.0
Cleanroom, batch-by-batch traceability, zero tolerance for defects. Exactly as in pharmaceuticals.
Global presence
Selective by choice. Present wherever the coloured lens market is taken seriously.
Figures
Millions of eyes. One single standard.
- Year founded
- 2011
- Countries served
- 50+
- Production capacity
- 12M
- Facility
- 3,000 sqm
Certified quality
Safety is not declared. It is certified. Batch after batch.
ISO 13485, CE-MDR, FDA Cleared. Three of the most demanding certification systems in the world. All three. Always.
ISO 9001:2015
Quality management system
ISO 13485:2016
Medical devices
CE-MDR
European conformity
FDA Cleared
510(k) clearance · United States
Our history
From Gallarate to the world.
- 2025
Pantone Mocha Mousse
The Pantone tradition continues: the new shade interprets Mocha Mousse, Color of the Year 2025.
- 2024
Timeless Collection
Timeless is born, the 3-tones collection in four colours designed to outlast the seasons: Eternal Brown, Timeless Grey, Infinity Blue, Forever Green.
- 2022
New headquarters & Very Peri
Qualimed moves into its new Gallarate facility: 3,000 sqm with cleanroom, integrated R&D and Industry 4.0 lines. The Pantone Color of the Year becomes Very Peri, the deep violet color with its own collection name.
- 2021
Sale & Pepe, the tenth anniversary edition
Ten years of Qualimed: the anniversary is celebrated with Sale & Pepe, a boxed edition of the two shades Salty White and Pepper Grey.
- 2020
Classic Blue & the COVID-19 emergency
The Pantone Color of the Year inspires the Classic Blue shade. During the pandemic, Qualimed donates 100,000 euros to the Lombardy Region in support of the healthcare system.
- 2019
Attitude & Sightsavers
Attitude debuts, the collection in three designs with 1, 2 and 3 tones, in monthly and quarterly formats. That same year Desìo begins its charitable partnership with Sightsavers, the international organisation for the prevention of blindness.
- 2018
FDA clearance for Hioxifilcon D & Desìo takes to the sea
Desìo lenses in Hioxifilcon D obtain FDA 510(k) clearance. That same year the brand sails Italian waters aboard the Desìo yacht: the elegance of the gaze becomes an image in motion.
- 2017
Daily lenses & #orangerevolution
Desìo collections become available in a daily format. In November the brand joins #orangerevolution, the Terre des Hommes campaign dedicated to girls' rights.
- 2015-2016
Terre des Hommes
The partnership with Terre des Hommes begins, in defence of children's rights: the brand's first charitable collaboration.
- 2014
FDA 510(k) clearance
Desìo lenses in Polymacon obtain FDA 510(k) clearance: the gateway to the United States market.
- 2013
E-commerce
The official Desìo online store opens, the first direct sales channel: the brand meets the people who wear it, with no intermediaries.
- 2012
CE Marking & Sensual Beauty Launch
Desìo lenses obtain CE marking as medical devices: the European market opens up and Sensual Beauty debuts, eight shades calibrated for light and dark eyes.
- 2011
Foundation
Tereza Uhrova founds Qualimed in Samarate, in the province of Varese: coloured contact lenses conceived as certified medical devices and designed as design objects.
Flagship brand
Desìo: desire takes shape in the gaze.
Desìo treats colour as a detail of precision: lenses designed to enhance the gaze with naturalness, comfort and a sophisticated aesthetic result.
- Premium aesthetics, professional precision
- Toric lenses: colour for those with astigmatism too
- Formulated to enhance dark eyes as well
34 colour variants
Growing together
Talk to usYour market. Our vision.
We choose partners to build value with: distributors, optical stores and private label projects able to bring quality, aesthetics and reliability to the market.