Cooper Expands the Avaira Recall -- Again

"Cooper Cos. has broadened a contact lens recall to include some lots of its Avaira Sphere lenses and expects a roughly $9 million charge in its fiscal fourth quarter," reports the WSJ's MarketWatch. "Cooper in August issued a recall for some lots of its Avaira Toric contact lenses after a small number of customers complained of hazy vision after wearing them. The company's CooperVision unit said it identified a residue on a small number of the lenses, which were first introduced in April 2010. Tuesday, the company said it was expanding its recall as certain lots of Avaira Sphere lenses failed to meet updated quality requirements due to the level of a silicone oil residue. The company said no other product line uses silicone oil in the manufacturing process other than Avaira Sphere and Avaira Toric." Read more.


According to the company's press release, "CooperVision announced today that it is expanding its worldwide recall of the encore 100 brand product line of contact lenses to include a limited number of lots of encore100 Sphere contact lenses. In continued collaboration with the United States Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada, CooperVision is expanding the recall because it identified certain lots of encore100 Sphere lenses that did not meet its updated quality requirements due to the level of a silicone oil residue."