Drug to Help Avert Blindness Moves Closer to Approval
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Eyetech Pharmaceuticals' drug to treat blindness in the elderly moved closer to government approval after an advisory panel to the F.D.A. spoke favorably about it.
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WASHINGTON The first new cancer drug in ten years that is specifically designed to help children is a step closer to approval. An advisory panel at the Food and Drug Administration is recommending the use
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An experimental drug developed by Eyetech Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Pfizer Inc. for preserving vision in the elderly received a generally positive review from a US advisory panel on Friday.
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A drug that attacks a major form of elderly blindness passed a key hurdle Friday as the government&#39;s scientific advisers decided that it poses no significant risks.
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Monthly eye injections of the drug  Lucentis can dramatically improve sight in people with the  "wet" form of macular degeneration, the leading cause of  blindness in the elderly, two studies showed on Wednesday.
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Contact lenses that release controlled doses of drugs to treat eye diseases such as glaucoma have been created by nano-engineers in Singapore.
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A permanent, implantable contact lens that can dramatically improve vision in patients with severe nearsightedness is expected to receive FDA approval within days.
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WASHINGTON - An implantable lens to correct the vision of nearsighted people won approval from the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) on Monday.
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The government approved a drug Tuesday that tries a new method of attacking multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease of the central nervous system that affects 350,000 Americans.
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There's encouraging news about an enzyme replacement drug.
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NEW YORK  - Monthly eye injections with Lucentis (ranibizumab), an antibody designed to bind to and inhibit a protein that plays a role in the formation of new blood vessels.
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Scientists discover how to make eye cells sensitive to light, offering hopes of treatments for blindness.
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An advisory panel recommends approval of a new HIV drug that blocks one key element.
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A top compound in development could become an important MS treatment.
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A drug that attacks a major form of elderly blindness passed a key hurdle Friday as the government's scientific advisers decided that it poses no significant risks.
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The Food & Drug Administration has approved plans to begin testing of the Argus II, a next generation electronic retina, at the University of Southern california.
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Medarex's partner advances one of its compounds into later stage clinical testing.