Company: BLCO
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001860742-25-000004
Chunk: 45

Company: Bausch & Lomb Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 45
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 other entities and individuals in or associated with Russia, Belarus and parts of Ukraine, including its potential escalation and the potential impact on sales, earnings, market conditions and the ability of the Company to manage resources and historical investment in Russia;•risks associated with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East involving Israel, Hamas and other countries and militant groups in the region, including its potential continued escalation and expansion and the potential impact on our operations, sale of products and revenues in this region;•our ability to obtain, maintain and license sufficient intellectual property rights over our products and enforce and defend against challenges to such intellectual property;•the introduction of generic, biosimilar or other competitors of our branded products and other products, including the introduction of products that compete against our products that do not have patent or data exclusivity rights;•the expense, timing and outcome of pending or future legal and governmental proceedings, arbitrations, investigations, subpoenas, tax and other regulatory audits, examinations, reviews and regulatory proceedings against us or relating to us and settlements thereof;•our ability to obtain components, raw materials or finished products supplied by third parties (some of which may be single-sourced) and other manufacturing and related supply difficulties, interruptions and delays;•the disruption of delivery of our products and the routine flow of manufactured goods;•potential work stoppages, slowdowns or other labor problems at our facilities and the resulting impact on our manufacturing, distribution and other operations;•economic factors over which we have no control, including inflationary pressures as a result of heightened domestic and global inflation and otherwise, heightened interest rates, foreign currency rates, and the potential effect of such factors on revenues, expenses and resulting margins;•interest rate risks associated with our floating rate debt borrowings;•our ability to effectively distribute our products and the effectiveness and success of our distribution arrangements;•our ability to effectively promote our own products and those of our co-promotion partners;•our ability to secure and maintain third-party research, development, manufacturing, licensing, marketing or distribution arrangements;•the risk that our products could cause, or be alleged to cause, personal injury and adverse effects, leading to potential lawsuits, product liability claims and damages and/or recalls or withdrawals of products from the market;•the mandatory or voluntary recall or withdrawal of our products from the market and the costs associated therewith;•the availability of, and our ability to obtain and maintain, adequate insurance coverage and/or our ability to cover or insure against the total amount of the claims and liabilities we face, whether through