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Keratitis
Schmidt & Clark, LLP: FDA Reports Show Abbott Labs Subsidiary Failed to Disclose Parasite Eye Infections Tied to Contact Lens Solution
July 10th, 2009
The Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Schmidt & Clark, LLP, is announcing the results of an inspection conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration where investigators determined that a subsidiary of Abbott Park, Ill.-based Abbott Laboratories Inc. (NYSE:ABT) failed to disclose multiple reports of a serious parasitic eye infection for more than a year. In an Associated Press story reported June 20, 2009, Schmidt & Clark Managing Partner Michael Schmidt says the documents reveal the link between Acanthamoeba Keratitis and a popular contact lens solution sold by Irvine, Calif.-based Abbott Medical Optics ("AMO"), an Abbott Labs subsidiary. "It...
Source: Food & Drug Law Weekly (2009-07-10)
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