Bausch & Lomb: Worldwide lens care sales rose 8% to $121 mil. in Q4, led by ReNu products' double-digit gains in the Americas and Asia, according to Jan. 30 1company announcement. For the year, lens care revenues advanced 12% to $465.5 mil. Positive lens care performance, along with similar strong gains in contact lens and pharmaceuticals sales, helped power 9% overall sales increase to $1.81 bil. in 2002 versus the previous year, firm reports; full year net earnings rose to $72.5 mil. in 2002 from $21.2 mil. a year ago. B&L expects "low single-digit growth in" lens care sales in 2003. Additionally, Chairman & CEO Ronald Zarrella will oversee firm's Americas region commercial business until a successor is named for B&L exec Mark Sieczkarek, who left Jan. 31 "to pursue career opportunities elsewhere"...

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