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  <xs:element id="blco_CollaborativeArrangementMilestonePaymentsUnderAcquisitionAndLicensingArrangementsAggregate" abstract="false" name="CollaborativeArrangementMilestonePaymentsUnderAcquisitionAndLicensingArrangementsAggregate" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_AccruedMilestonePaymentsUnderAcquisitionAndLicensingArrangements" abstract="false" name="AccruedMilestonePaymentsUnderAcquisitionAndLicensingArrangements" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_PharmaceuticalProductsMember" abstract="true" name="PharmaceuticalProductsMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_DeviceProductsMember" abstract="true" name="DeviceProductsMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_OvertheCounterProductsMember" abstract="true" name="OvertheCounterProductsMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_BrandedandOtherGenericProductsMember" abstract="true" name="BrandedandOtherGenericProductsMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_OtherRevenuesMember" abstract="true" name="OtherRevenuesMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_RevenuesNetMember" abstract="true" name="RevenuesNetMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_CustomerTopTenProductsMember" abstract="true" name="CustomerTopTenProductsMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_ConcentrationRiskNumberOfProductsFranchises" abstract="false" name="ConcentrationRiskNumberOfProductsFranchises" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:integerItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_UnitedStatesandPuertoRicoMember" abstract="true" name="UnitedStatesandPuertoRicoMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_OtherCountriesMember" abstract="true" name="OtherCountriesMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_McKessonCorporationMember" abstract="true" name="McKessonCorporationMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="blco_CardinalHealthInc.Member" abstract="true" name="CardinalHealthInc.Member" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
</xs:schema>
