Private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to explore the sale of eye-care company Bausch & Lomb, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

Warburg is seeking at least $10 billion for Rochester, N.Y.-based Bausch & Lomb, which has approximately 10,000 employees worldwide and products available in more than 100 countries.

Abbott Laboratories, Johnson & Johnson and Sanofi have reportedly shown interest in the company.