Bausch & Lomb
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foundation = 1853 | location = Rochester, New York, USA| key_people = Ronald L. Zarrella, Chairman & CEO
Stephen C. McCluski, CFO
John Jacob Bausch, Founder | industry = Medical Instruments & Supplies| products = ReNu,
PureVision | revenue = Template:Profit$2.232 Billion USD (2005)| net_income = Template:Profit$159.6 Million USD (2005)| num_employees = 12,400 (2005) | homepage = www.bausch.com
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Bausch and Lomb (German pronunciation BOWsh and LAWM) is an American company based in Rochester, New York, specialized in medical optics like contact lenses and surgical instruments. The company was founded in 1853 and employs over 10,000 people today.
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Controversies
PureVision
Bausch and Lomb is involved in a lawsuit with Novartis which claims to have a patent on one of Bausch and Lomb's products called PureVision. On August 2, 2002, Bausch and Lomb announced its' intention to move the production from the US to Ireland since a request to continue making and selling its contact lenses in the US while it appeals a decision in the patent lawsuit was denied by a federal appeals court.
ReNu
On April 11, 2006, Bausch & Lomb stopped shipments of its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found what appeared to be a high correlation between use of the product and cases of suspected fungal keratitis [1].
Diversity
Bausch and Lomb received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign starting in 2003, the second year of the report.