Showing posts with label Diabetic macular edema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diabetic macular edema. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Intas launches RAZUMAB, the first biosimilar to Lucentis (ranibizumab)

Intas Pharmaceuticals has launched RAZUMAB, its biosimilar to Lucentis (ranibizumab).

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Poor Avastin responders in AMD & DME may have increased risk to obstructive sleep apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea
from Wikipedia




Poor responders to Bevacizumab (Avastin) in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) may have increased risk to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). To read more, click here.

Friday, September 19, 2014

EYLEA (aflibercept) injection receives FDA breakthrough therapy designation for diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic macular edema

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Eylea® (aflibercept) injection a breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME). The designation is based on positive results in two Phase 3 trials (VIVID-DME and VISTA-DME), in which Eylea demonstrated a statistically significant improvement
in a pre-specified measure of diabetic retinopathy in patients with DME after two years of treatment.