FDA to hold meeting on contact lens products

ROCKVILLE, Md. The Food and Drug Administration last week announced that its Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has scheduled a June 10 meeting to discuss general issues concerning the post-market experience with various contact lens care products.

According to the notice, the discussion will include recommendations on contact lens care product development topics such as preclinical testing and clinical performance measures, and labeling for contact lenses and lens care products.

On the agenda will be the recalled lens cleaning solutions that were linked to potentially blinding infections from both Advanced Medical Optics and Bausch & Lomb in the past three years. An estimated 35 million Americans wear contact lenses.