Bausch & Lomb Announces Strategic Alliance With AcuFocus, Inc. For Presbyopic Correction Technology

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bausch & Lomb announced today that it has made an equity investment in - and secured an exclusive option to purchase - AcuFocus, Inc., a privately held company located in Irvine, California that is developing corneal inlay technology for the treatment of presbyopia. The announcement was made at the Hawaiian Eye 2007 Meeting held on Kauai, Hawaii and attended by several hundred ophthalmic surgeons.