Bausch & Lomb Files Forms 10-Q for First Quarters of 2007 and 2006.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Bausch & Lomb (NYSE:BOL) today is filing its Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and April 1, 2006. The full text of the filings can be accessed through the Company's Internet site at http://www.bausch.com/en_US/corporate/ir/general/secfilings_all.aspx and on the SEC's Internet site at www.sec.gov.

Bausch & Lomb indicated that it continues to work to finalize and file its remaining outstanding SEC filings, which include the Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q for the third quarter of 2005 and the second and third quarters of 2006. While the Company is working diligently to complete those filings, there can be no assurance as to when it will be current in its reporting obligations.

This news release contains, among other things, certain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events or the future business performance of Bausch & Lomb. Such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including those concerning the ability of the Company and the parties with which it contracts to develop and introduce products successfully as well as the risk factors listed from time to time in the Company's SEC filings, including but not limited to filings on Form 10-K dated April 25, 2007, Form 12b-25 dated May 10, 2007 and Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2007 dated May 30, 2007.

Bausch & Lomb is the eye health company, dedicated to perfecting vision and enhancing life for consumers around the world. Its core businesses include soft and rigid gas permeable contact lenses and lens care products, and ophthalmic surgical and pharmaceutical products. The Bausch & Lomb name is one of the best known and most respected healthcare brands in the world. Founded in 1853, the Company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and employs approximately 13,000 people worldwide. Its products are available in more than 100 countries. More information about the Company can be found on the Bausch & Lomb Internet site at www.bausch.com. Copyright Bausch & Lomb Incorporated.