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Bausch & Lomb and Alcon Settle Advertising Lawsuit

Published in Lab Law Weekly, September 7th, 2007

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated and Alcon Laboratories, Inc., have settled the lawsuit recently filed by Bausch & Lomb concerning Alcon's promotional claims about Bausch & Lomb's ReNu MultiPlus(R) multi-purpose disinfecting solution.

The suit centered on Alcon's use of a color-coded chart showing differences in superficial punctate transient corneal staining profiles observed in Dr. Gary Andrasko's research. To address Bausch & Lomb's concern over the red-yellow color scheme of Dr Andrasko's corneal staining grid, Alcon has agreed to change the red-yellow color scheme used in its promotional materials.

The use of the color scheme in Alcon's materials was...

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