Bausch
January 17th, 2007Bausch
Bausch
A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US has shown MoistureLoc to be a major contributing factor behind cases of the infections in Hong Kong and the US. They found that users of MoistureLoc solution were more than 20 times more likely to get the infection.
According to U.S. drug regulator FDA, contact lens maker Bausch & Lomb has finally decided to permanently withdraw its lens solution "ReNu with MoistureLoc" from global market after more evidence linked it with Fusarium infection in eye.
Bausch & Lomb is urging soft contact-lens wearers to stop using its ReNu with MoistureLoc cleaning solution until the source of an infection that could lead to blindness is determined.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Tampa, says the Rochester, N.Y.-based company's contact lens solution caused Helen Hreen to develop an eye infection that required medical treatment to prevent serious damage.
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.