LAVAL, Quebec, May 5, 2016 /CNW/ -- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.'s (NYSE: VRX andTSX: VRX ) wholly owned subsidiary, Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health company, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a collaboration to develop the first app of its kind for iPhone and iPad to assist surgeons who perform cataract surgery. The innovative app will help surgeons streamline their workflow by delivering patient information and clinical insights as well as intraocular lens (IOL) selection guidance on a single digital platform at the point of care. The app will be designed to electronically manage patient data across iPhone and iPad while hosting health-related data on IBM Cloud -- a secure, cloud-based environment -- and relaying informed, customized IOL options to surgeons that they will use to help enhance surgical planning and provide better patient care.