B&L Fix Violations at Lens Solution Plant
Bausch & Lomb Lens Solution Received Warning From Federal Regulators. Bausch & Lomb Inc. said today it has received a warning from federal regulators about its response to an inspection of a manufacturing plant involved in the investigation of an outbreak of a rare eye infection in contact lens wearers. In an 11-page letter to … [Read more...]
Recalled ReNu Lens Solution Still on the Market
ReNu Lens Solution Has Been Connected To A Fungal Condition. The recalled contact-lens solution ReNu with MoistureLoc had maintained a 2 percent market share into the early weeks of September, despite the fact that distribution of the Bausch and Lomb product was halted by the company on April 9. Use of that solution has been … [Read more...]
Lens solution blamed for eye infection
ReNu With MoistureLoc Solutions Was Responsible For An Eye Infection. A U.S. agency and eye doctors reportedly agree the ReNu With Moisture Loc contact lens solution alone was responsible for an eye infection outbreak this year. But the research led by Dr. Douglas Chang, a fungal disease specialist at the Centers for Disease … [Read more...]
More Data On Lens Solution Infection
Bausch & Lomb Lens Solution Infection. Users of a recently recalled contact lens solution by Bausch & Lomb were more than 20 times as likely to develop a potentially blinding eye infection as nonusers. The CDC study released today shows that 164 confirmed cases of the corneal infection Fusarium keratitis were reported in 33 … [Read more...]
Experts: Lens solution still a risk
People Still Using The Recalled Contact Lens Solution. People still using the ReNu with MoistureLoc contact-lens solution need to stop, Kenneth Goins, a University of Iowa clinical associate professor of ophthalmology, said Thursday. And they need to stop now. "I've just seen too many patients and too many problems with it," he … [Read more...]
Lens Solution The Culprit In Lens Scare
Lens Solution A Culprit Worldwide. Contact lens maker Bausch and Lomb has discovered that the cause behind the recent spate of fungal eye infections worldwide is the ReNu lens cleaning solution itself. The findings were released at the first day of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress. Most contact lens cleaning … [Read more...]
Recalled lens solution back in the eye of the storm
Eye Infection Among Users Of A Recalled Lens Solution. Three cases of possible fungal eye infection among users of a contact lens solution, linked to a rare disease that causes blindness, have been reported in Dubai, Gulf News has learned. Renu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution, manufactured by Bausch and Lomb, was … [Read more...]
FDA: Reports on eye infection were delayed
Bausch And Lomb Failed To Report Immediately About Lens Solution Eye Infection. U.S. drug regulators claim Bausch & Lomb delayed informing them about reports linking its contact-lens solution to a rare eye infection. The Wall Street Journal reported the Food and Drug Administration on its Web site said that Bausch & Lomb, … [Read more...]
B&L lens-solution recall permanent
FDA Update On Bausch And Lomb Lens Solution Recall. The Food and Drug Administration Monday gave an update on Bausch & Lomb's probe into its ReNu lens solution's link to infection. In a statement, the FDA said it met with Bausch & Lomb May 11 to get information on the company's internal investigation into several cases of … [Read more...]
Bausch and Lomb announces worldwide recall of lens solution
Bausch And Lomb Announced A Worldwide Recall Of Its Contact Lens Solution. Contact lens maker Bausch and Lomb have announced an immediate worldwide recall of its MoistureLoc cleaning solution that had been linked to a rare eye infection. "Bausch and Lomb's top priority is the safety of our customers, and we want them to have … [Read more...]
Bausch & Lomb Pulls Lens-Solution
Bausch & Lomb Removed Its Contact Lens Solution From Store Shelves Worldwide. Bausch & Lomb Inc. said Monday it has permanently removed from markets worldwide a contact-lens solution linked by health authorities to an outbreak of rare fungal infections that can cause blindness. "Bausch & Lomb's top priority is the safety … [Read more...]
ReNu saga goes on as lawsuits are filed in US
B&L Statement Asserts That ReNu Lens Solution Were Halted Earlier. The global nature of the scare has spread, with concern reported from markets as far flung as the Philippines and Scandinavia. Although B&L's latest statement reasserts that ReNu with MoistureLoc for Europe is manufactured in Milan and not Greenville, South … [Read more...]
3 years lapsed in eye-plant inspections
Lens Solution Plant Inspections. The contact lens solution plant linked to an international outbreak of potentially blinding eye infections had not been inspected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for three years, according to the FDA. The Bausch & Lomb plant in Greenville, S.C., the sole producer of all the company's … [Read more...]
Swedish Opticians Pull Lens Solution
Opticians Chains Halted The Sales Of Bausch And Lomb Lens Solution. Some of the Nordic region's largest optician chains have halted sales of a lens solution made by U.S. company Bausch & Lomb Inc. while American health officials investigate whether it is responsible for a flurry of eye infections, company executives said … [Read more...]
Bausch & Lomb pulled from campus shelves
Bausch & Lomb Lens Solution Are Being Pulled Off From University Shelves. A university administrator chose yesterday to pull all Bausch & Lomb eye contact products from university shelves at least through the weekend, following reports the brand may cause a fungal eye infection that could lead to temporary blindness. According … [Read more...]
Eye Fungus a Mystery to Bausch & Lomb
Officials Linked Eye Fungus To A Lens Solution By Bausch & Lomb.The source of a spike in dangerous fungal eye infections linked by federal health officials to a contact lens solution sold by Bausch & Lomb Inc. remains a mystery, the eye-care products maker said Wednesday. "As far as speculation about theories, there's a lot of … [Read more...]
