FDA approves Ciba plant

FDA approves Ciba plant

BASLE, Switzerland (Reuter): Ciba-Geigy AG said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given its new contact lens manufacturing plant in Batam, Indonesia manufacturing site premarket approval.

Ciba said the plant, built on Batam, an island of the coast of Singapore, began production of contact lenses in 1995. The plant employs 500 people.