Bausch & Lomb Facing US. Federal Lawsuit Over ReNu Contact Lens Solution
A widely used Bausch & Lomb contact lens solution was pulled from major US retailers' shelves on Thursday at the urging of the company, as a lawsuit was filed charging that it failed to disclose the product's link to serious eye infections among users in Asia.
Parker and Waichman, a high-profile New York law firm that has successfully sued several drug companies, said it had been retained by a 53-year-old man who claims to have suffered serious damage to his sight.
The law firm has set up a Web site, www.renulawsuit.com, inviting others to report any infections they have suffered after using the Bausch solution — ReNu with MoistureLoc — with a view to suing the company.
US health authorities are looking into 109 cases in 17 states of Fusarium keratitis, a rare fungal infection that can cause permanent vision loss if untreated.
People in 26 of those cases said they used ReNu products or generic versions made by Bausch & Lomb. Most of the patients reported using ReNu with MoistureLoc manufactured at the company's US factory, it said.
Bausch & Lomb said in a statement it had inspected its plants and didn't find any link to the infections.
I wouldn't be surpried if Basuch & Lomb soon faces class action lawsuit too.
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