Bausch & Lomb’s Renu with Moisture Loc contract lends solution has resulted in some painful eye fungus that can permanently scar corneas.

As a result of such damage, some individuals have lost significant portions of their vision and now need a corneal transplant.

Suing Bausch & Lomb, alleging that the company’s solution failed to remove the fungus or caused the fungus that contaminated lenses that lead to a fungal infection in the eye, has been happening across the nation.

Several legal experts predict that Bausch & Lomb will move quickly to settle since, from some of their own press releases, they’re essentially admitting liability, so it just becomes a matter of "damages."

While Bausch & Lomb, based in Rochester, NY, has not commented on pending litigation, they have noted that they notified the Food and Drug Administration "within days" of receiving a report in February of an unusual spike of fusarium keratitis cases among contact lends wearers in Singapore and filed a formal report with the FDA on April 7, suspended shipments of the product to U.S. retailers on April 10 when the Centers for Disease Control revealed an unusual incidence of fungal infections in its users.

Still, Bausch & Lomb did not remover the product from the U.S. market until April 13.

Since Federal investigators have found no evidence of tampering at the company’s production plant in Greenville, S.C., it appears logical to conclude that some aspect of the product’s formula may have increased the relative risk.

As of May 18 there were 130 confirmed cases of fusarium keratitis- a fungal infection of the cornea – reported to the CDC and most of those confirmed the use of Bausch & Lomb’s Renu.

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