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In J&J’s ‘Mutually Beneficial’ Frame For Selling Blink OTC Eye Drops To B+L, Kenvue Also Wins

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

In second buy in a week, B+L paying $106.5m in cash deal for products marketed by Johnson & Johnson Vision. Acquired products are Blink Tears lubricating eye drops and Blink Contacts and Blink-N-Clean lens drops.

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Bausch + Lomb, Corporation’s strategy to expand its eye care portfolio dovetails with Johnson & Johnson's strategies for narrowing its strategy in the same area and also protecting the interests of its recently spun-out consumer health business as B+L adds Blink eye and contact lens drops.

The Canadian firm is paying for $106.5m in a cash deal for the products made and marketed by J&J’s Johnson...

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