Company: BLCO
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001860742-25-000004
Chunk: 44

Company: Bausch & Lomb Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 44
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Ms”) and other third-party payors; the impact our distribution, pricing and other practices may have on the decisions of such government authorities, PBMs and other third-party payors to reimburse our products; and the impact of obtaining or maintaining such reimbursement on the price and sales of our products;•the inclusion of our products on formularies or our ability to achieve favorable formulary status, as well as the impact on the price and sales of our products in connection therewith;•the consolidation of wholesalers, retail drug chains and other customer groups and the impact of such industry consolidation on our business;•our ability to maintain strong relationships with physicians and other health care professionals;•our eligibility for benefits under tax treaties and the continued availability of low effective tax rates for the business profits of certain of our subsidiaries;•the implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development inclusive framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, including the global minimum corporate tax rate, by the countries in which we operate;•the actions of our third-party partners or service providers of research, development, manufacturing, marketing, distribution or other services, including their compliance with applicable laws and contracts, which actions may be beyond our control or influence, and the impact of such actions on us;•the risks associated with the international scope of our operations, including our presence in emerging markets and the challenges we face when entering and operating in new and different geographic markets (including the challenges created by new and different regulatory regimes in such countries and the need to comply with applicable anti-bribery and economic sanctions, laws and regulations);•adverse global economic conditions and credit markets and foreign currency exchange uncertainty and volatility in certain of the countries in which we do business; •risks associated with the potential imposition of and adverse changes to the U.S. duty, tariff and other trading policies, and any potential counter-duties, counter-tariffs and/or other counter-measures implemented in response by other countries, which could increase our manufacturing, distribution and other operational costs due to the higher duties and tariffs and the increased economic risks and uncertainties to the global economy as a result of potential trade wars and global supply chain issues that may be triggered by the tariff changes;•trade conflicts, including current and future trade disputes between the United States and China;

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•risks associated with the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the export controls, sanctions and other restrictive actions that have been or may be imposed by the United States, Canada, the EU and other countries against governmental and