Valeant Launches Lumify OTC Eye Drops With Vision Of Better Days As Bausch
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet & The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Lumify eye drops, the first OTC brimonidine tartrate ophthalmic solution 0.025% in the US, will reach stores in late May. Corporate name change, says CEO Joseph Papa, shows Valeant is "beginning to turn the page away from legacy issues that have been headwinds over the past few years."
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