Bausch & Lomb halts US deliveries of ReNu with MoistureLoc from Greenville facility

Bausch & Lomb has announced that it is suspending US deliveries of ReNu with MoistureLoc produced at a factory in Greenville, South Carolina.

The announcement follows a statement from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that there were 109 cases of suspected fungal keratitis in 17 states. Complete data is available for 30 patients, 28 of whom wore soft contact lenses. Information from the US Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that 26 reported using Bausch & Lomb’s ReNu branded contact lens solution.

B&L chairman and chief executive Ronald Zarrella said: ‘The CDC data released today are both troubling and perplexing, as there is an apparent disproportionate representation of US-manufactured ReNu with MoistureLoc in the underlying data.