Bausch Health Companies Inc. stocks Bausch + Lomb Inc. with the first preservative-free OTC antihistamine eye drops approved in the US ahead of its planned spin-out of the eye health business.
With Preservative-Free Alaway Eye Drops, Bausch Expands OTC Portfolio Of Planned Spin-Off
Approval of Alaway Preservative Free (ketotifen fumarate, 0.035) comes 15 months after FDA submitted a complete response letter to Bausch and the active ingredient developer, Eton Pharmaceuticals.

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