Drug to Help Avert Blindness Moves Closer to Approval
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yetech Pharmaceuticals&#39; drug to treat the leading cause of blindness in the elderly appeared to move closer to a broad government approval yesterday after an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration 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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Genetic breakthroughs and an unlikely drug offer hope for a disease ravaging the eyes of an aging population.
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NEW YORK  - Scientists may be closing in on  a remedy for a common degenerative condition of the retina  called retinitis pigmentosa.
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A U.S. advisory panel on Friday will  review data on an experimental drug that is injected into the  eye to stop vision loss in elderly patients at risk of going  blind.
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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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WASHINGTON - There's a new option for people who suffer from extreme nearsightedness, whose world loses its crisp edge just a few inches from their noses. The first implantable lens for nearsightedness was approved Monday by the Food and Drug Administration...
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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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Human embryonic stem cells can   partly restore vision in blinded rats, and may offer a source   of transplants for people with certain eye diseases,   researchers at a U.S. company reported on Thursday.
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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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(National-NBC) Sept. 3, 2004 - An experimental implantable contact lens is showing promise in helping nearsighted people see without glasses.
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NEW YORK  - A new approach that permits   wider visual perception in patients with severely restricted   peripheral field allows quicker and more accurate ability to   detect objects outside their field of vision, suggest results   of a pilot study.
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There's encouraging news about an enzyme replacement drug.
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An implantable lens to correct the vision of nearsighted people won approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Monday.
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Corrects paragraph 1, to add that antibody can help prevent vision loss from "wet" age-related macular degeneration.
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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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WASHINGTON - 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.