Bausch & Lomb Pegs Planned IPO to Market Growth.

BAUSCH & Lomb Inc.; GOING public (Securities); WARBURG Pincus LLC; ABBOTT Medical Optics Inc.; DRUG approval; UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration; SOUTHERN California College of Optometry (Fullerton, Calif.)

The article reports on the plan of Bausch & Lomb Inc., a diversified eye drug and device company based in Rochester, New York, to launch an initial public offering (IPO) driven by market growth. It mentions that company owner, Warburg Pincus LLC filed in March 2013 for IPO. Moreover, Abbott Medical Optics secured approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, while Southern California College of Optometry in Fullerton, California has launched the Marshall B. Ketchum University.