Apr 14, 2006
South Carolina and Sweden in the same story
It is not often that South Carolina and Sweden are named in the same news story, but it happened today in the Gulf News. Read Who is responsible?, for the whole story
United States: Bausch and Lomb chief executive Ronald Zarrella said the South Carolina plant where ReNu with MoistureLoc is made for US sales has stopped production. On Monday, he announced that the company was stopping new shipments of the solution in the United States. The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 109 cases of fungal keratitis among wearers of soft contact lenses in 17 states. Retail giant Wal-Mart and drugstore chains Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid said they were removing the product from their shelves.
Europe and China: Zarrella said no infections have been found in Europe or China that could be linked to ReNu with MoistureLoc. But Sweden’s biggest optician chain, Synsam, said it had withdrawn the solution from all its 150 stores