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Complete MoisturePlus was part of the Complete line of eye care
products that Abbott Laboratories Inc. obtained when it acquired
Advanced Medical Optics earlier this year for $2.8 billion.
The
plaintiffs are asking the company to refund to all California consumers
the money they paid to purchase Complete MoisturePlus.
The suit alleges that AMO misled consumers into believing the product
would effectively “clean” and “disinfect” their contact lenses even
though the solution did not disinfect against acanthamoeba and other
harmful organisms that are known to contaminate contact lenses.
The
acanthamoeba keratitis infection can inflict severe pain, rob victims
of their vision, cause permanent blindness and, in some cases, result
in the surgical removal of the eye.
“This is a truly horrific
infection that AMO could have and should have prevented,” Ronald
Labriola of Moore Labriola, co-lead counsel for the Class. “AMO put all
consumers at risk,”
A similar, nationwide class action against AMO is pending in federal court in San Francisco.
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Abbott, continued ...
Complete MoisturePlus was part of the Complete line of eye care
products that Abbott Laboratories Inc. obtained when it acquired
Advanced Medical Optics earlier this year for $2.8 billion.The plaintiffs are asking the company to refund to all California consumers the money they paid to purchase Complete MoisturePlus.
The suit alleges that AMO misled consumers into believing the product would effectively “clean” and “disinfect” their contact lenses even though the solution did not disinfect against acanthamoeba and other harmful organisms that are known to contaminate contact lenses.
The acanthamoeba keratitis infection can inflict severe pain, rob victims of their vision, cause permanent blindness and, in some cases, result in the surgical removal of the eye.
“This is a truly horrific infection that AMO could have and should have prevented,” Ronald Labriola of Moore Labriola, co-lead counsel for the Class. “AMO put all consumers at risk,”
A similar, nationwide class action against AMO is pending in federal court in San Francisco.
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