Bausch & Lomb Disclosure Delays

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Hey Bausch & Lomb, "what took you so long"? The first reports of the Fusarium fungus concerning ReNu with MoistureLoc arose from Hong Kong last November, but in its filing with the FDA on December 15, the company denied any problems with the product. Later, in February, Singapore reported a cluster of cases from the month before. Still later, on March 3rd, a New Jersey opthamologist complained about the potentially blinding eye infection, but Bausch & Lomb waited until March 31 to issue its first news release in the U.S. but still denied any connection to its product (even though the FDA had begun an unusually intensive investigation of its factory in Greenville., S.C. NINE days earlier. So think about that when you see the next Bausch & Lomb commercial with its sincere President and CEO pitching for more business. Puhlease!