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"Doctor My Eyes"--The Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb by Warburg Pincus (A)

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:10
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Abstract

In early 2010, senior partners at Warburg Pincus met to review a report on Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, the firm's largest investment at the time. Warburg Pincus had led a group of investors in acquiring Bauch & Lomb on October 26, 2007, taking the company private and becoming its largest and controlling shareholder. Since the acquisition, there had been significant progress at Bausch & Lomb through changes in senior leadership and in its business model. But, shortly after the second anniversary of the investment, the senior partners were beginning to question whether the depth and pace of change was enough. They had some tough decisions to make.

Keywords

Health Care; Mergers & Acquisitions; Governance; Buyout; Private Equity; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Health Care and Treatment; Reports; Business Model; Health Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

Citation

Lietz, Nori Gerardo. "Doctor My Eyes"--The Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb by Warburg Pincus (A). Harvard Business School Case 216-021, April 2016. (Revised July 2019.)
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