Unsafe Drugs: Bausch & Lomb Recalls Contact Solution

Bausch & Lomb has recalled over one million bottles of ReNu MultiPlus contact lens solution after excess levels of iron were discovered in the bottles. While no injuries were reported in users of the contact solution, this recall possibly will deal another blow to Bausch & Lomb; last year the company ceased production of its Renu with MoistureLoc solution because the solution was linked to a blinding fungus.

Bausch & Lomb Issues Another Recall

Christopher Cooley, an analyst with FTN Midwest Securities Corp., says that this recall "does make one question a bit their internal quality systems." The excess iron in the MultiPlus solution may cause the solution to become discolored and to have a shortened shelf life. Barbara Kelley, a Bausch & Lomb company spokeswoman, said that the recall was related to a single batch of raw materials and that the risk to consumers was "extremely low" because "virtually all the product has already been used."