Bausch + Lomb, a Valeant Pharmaceuticals company, was presented a $973,000 check from Rochester Gas & Electric today to support the economic development for its electric infrastructure improvements at its facility located at 1400 N. Goodman St. in Rochester. The ...

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Bausch + Lomb on Thursday announced the completion of its Rochester facility’s solar array. The solar array, consisting of 3,667 solar panels, is one of the largest of its kind in Rochester, Monroe County and the Finger Lakes region and ...

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Government leaders and Bausch+Lomb employees Monday marked the opening of a new manufacturing line that will be used to produce the new “ULTRA” contact lens. The new line is expected to create 120 jobs and help retain more than 1,000 ...

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Bausch + Lomb, a Valeant Pharmaceutical International Inc. company, will expand its core manufacturing and distribution services in Rochester and invest $106 million to expand its capacity for a brand new contact lens line. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday ...

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New York officials say Bausch + Lomb’s parent company is cutting 200 jobs in Rochester this week as it reduces longtime operations in the city and moves its headquarters to New Jersey. They say Quebec-based drugmaker Valeant is also expected ...

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A letter to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. CEO J. Michael Pearson from federal, state and local leaders expresses outrage with the company’s recent announcement that Bausch + Lomb’s U.S. headquarters will be consolidated with Valeant’s existing U.S. headquarters in New ...

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Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals said Monday that it will pay $8.7 billion to buy Bausch + Lomb, one of the world’s best-known makers of contact lenses, in a massive expansion of Valeant’s smaller ophthalmology business. Valeant said the cash deal ...

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More than 150 students from the Rochester City School District are benefitting from the gift of clear vision through OneSight Clinics this week at the Bausch + Lomb Global Eye Health Center. The clinics started Monday and continue today.

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The Pediatric Cataract Initiative has announced its inaugural small research grant recipients for treating and preventing vision loss in children.

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Bausch + Lomb’s Dr. Joseph Barr has received the American Academy of Optometry’s 2010 Max Schapero Memorial Award. The award is presented annually to a clinician, researcher or scholar who has ...

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