Bausch + Lomb Corporation (BLCO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to Bausch & Lomb's first quarter 2026 earnings call. All participants will be on a listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star, then one on your touchtone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star, then two. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to George Gatkowski. Vice President of Investor Relations and Business Insights. Please go ahead. Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our first quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference call. Participating on today's call are Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Brent Saunders, Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Sam Aldasuki, and President of Consumer, Mr. John Ferris. In addition to this live webcast, a copy of today's live presentation and a replay of this conference call will be available on our website under the Investor Relations section. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that our presentation today contains forward-looking information. We would ask that you take a moment to read the forward-looking legend at the beginning of our presentation as it contains important information. This presentation contains non-GAAP financial measures and ratios. For more information about these measures and ratios, please refer to slide 1 of the presentation. Non-GAAP reconciliations can be found in the appendix to the presentation posted on our website. The financial guidance in this presentation is effective as of today only. It is our policy to generally not update guidance until the following quarter unless required by law, and not to u...