Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) has recalled its Complete MoisturePlus Contact Lens Solution. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has alerted health care professionals and their patients who wear soft contact lenses about a voluntary recall of Complete MoisturePlus Multi Purpose Solution manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics of Santa Ana, Ca. This falls on the heels of a similar problem with Bausch & Lomb's ReNu Contact Lens Solution. Bagolie Friedman Injury Lawyers are investigating eye... Read Full Story
By Laura Watson
Contact lens wearers are being warned against using a certain type of contact lens solution
It has been reported that the large amount of sudden eye infections found in people who wear contact lenses, is directly related to the contact lens solution known as ReNu with MoistureLoc. The solution has been recalled by the manufacturer, but is the damage already done?
According to information provided by the Centers of Disease Control, 1 out of every 3 contact lens... Read Full Story
Date Published: Monday, August 24th, 2009
Lawsuits filed by people who claim they sustained non-Fusarium eye infections from Bausch & Lomb’s ReNu with MoistureLoc Contact Lens Solution suffered a setback last month when a New York state court judge issued a ruling that excluded the opinions of the non-Fusarium plaintiffs’ expert witnesses. But at a status conference held August 18, 2009, the same judge indicated that dismissal of the nearly 500 remaining cases filed in New... Read Full Story
Date Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Recent studies on some multipurpose contact lens solutions have found that such preparations can cause eye damage. One such study was detailed last week at the 8th National Congress on Optometry and Opticianry held in New York.
Multipurpose contact lens solutions have caused serious eye problems for some users in the past. For example, in May 2006, Bausch & Lomb issued a worldwide recall of ReNu with MoistureLoc solution after it... Read Full Story
Date Published: Thursday, August 20th, 2009
An attorney representing people who claimed to have been injured by Bausch & Lomb’s recalled ReNu with MoistureLoc Contact Lens Solution says there will be an appeal of a New York state court judge’s recent decision on some lawsuits.
Bausch & Lomb pulled ReNu with MoistureLoc from Asian markets in February 2006, and did the same in the U.S. in April of that year, after it was linked to an outbreak of Fusarium keratitis, a... Read Full Story
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Date Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
We recently wrote that Bausch & Lomb, maker of ReNu with MoistureLoc, settled around 600 lawsuits involving the recalled contact lens solution . Now, Bausch & Lomb is focusing on ReNu marketing. According to a prior report in the Associated Press (AP), the settled ReNu with MoistureLoc claims have cost the company about $250 million, to date.
WXXI Center for Public Affairs reports that Bausch & Lomb announced a massive marketing and... Read Full Story
These little gems will help improve your game, even if you have perfect vision and don't wear glasses. The disposable Bausch & Lomb/Nike (of course Nike is involved) soft lenses are available in two tints, grey-green for sharpening details while you run or golf (so you can track that little white ball against the sky), and amber for fast-moving field sports like soccer, tennis, baseball, football, and rugby. Both colors reduce glare and filter out 95% of UV-A and UV-B rays as well as blue... Read Full Story
Date Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
A little more than three years after defective ReNu with MoistureLoc Contact Lens Solution was linked to scores of serious and potentially blinding eye infections, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) says it is taking steps to improve contact lens safety. Among other things, the agency has developed a new video on contact lens safety, which can be found on the FDA’s Web site, along with an in-depth Consumer Update article.
Bausch... Read Full Story
Date Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Advanced Medical Optics (AMO), maker of Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solution , had received reports of eye problems linked to the solution long before it was recalled in 2007. According to the Associated Press, documents obtained in the course of lawsuits against AMO show that the company received 9 such reports in the year prior to the Complete MoisturePlus recall, but failed to properly report them.
As we’ve previously... Read Full Story
