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After patient infections, FDA decides to review contact lens cleaners

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Contact-lens cleaners face a U.S. safety review next month after similar products were recalled by Advanced Medical Optics Inc. and Bausch & Lomb Inc. because users suffered potentially blinding infections.

The Food and Drug Administration will convene a panel of outside experts June 10 to "discuss general issues" with various lens cleaners and whether new testing or package labeling should be required, according to a notice posted today on the agency's Web site. The FDA usually follows the advice of its panels, though it isn't required to do so.

Advanced Medical and Bausch recalled cleaning solutions in the last three years that were linked to potentially blinding infections. An estimated 35 million Americans wear contact lenses, and safety concerns may jeopardize the $1.7 billion lens- care market. Doctors blame incorrect use of the products for some of the problems.

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