AMO contact solution
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Advanced Medical Optics announces July 23 it will ship a multipurpose solution in early August and expects the product will be widely available by early September. The new product will focus on "comfort and disinfection efficacy incorporating the importance of proper handling and care of contact lenses," the Santa Ana, Calif.-based firm says. The company recently recalled its Complete Moisture Plus after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a potential link between the product and Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare eye infection (1"The Tan Sheet" June 4, 2007, In Brief). Separately, the firm says it "continues to believe in the strategic and financial rationale" for acquisition of Bausch & Lomb. AMO says it "reaffirms" its $75 per share offer which is "clearly superior and would deliver more value to B&L shareholders than the current $65 per share merger agreement with Warburg Pincus"...