A Compromise on Use of Avastin to Treat Eye Disease
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Genentech appears to have resolved a dispute with ophthalmologists that will allow its drug Avastin to continue to be used to treat eye diseases, boths sides said.
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Adding the drug Avastin to a regimen of targeted therapy Erbitux and chemotherapy in patients with advanced colon cancer is more effective than the two drugs alone, a leading cancer researcher said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Many herbal remedies and  nutritional supplements can damage the eyes, including some  alternative therapies that are used by people trying to correct  eye problems, new research reports.
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NEW YORK  - Eye injections of the widely-used cancer drug Avastin (also called bevacizumab) curb vision loss caused by radiation treatment for eye cancer, according to results of study.
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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 staff report by the Food and Drug Administration Thursday said that an experimental drug for a pernicious eye disease has &quot;a favorable safety profile and is an effective treatment.
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Stem cells from human eyes can generate various cell types required for sight, a finding that marks an important step towards regenerative treatments for eye diseases.
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Genentech Inc colon and lung cancer drug Avastin, along with standard chemotherapy, increases survival rates of patients with a very deadly type of brain tumor, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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British researchers working in an East African village say that a single dose of an antibiotic appears to stop infections that cause trachoma, the world&#39;s leading preventable cause of blindness.
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The Food and Drug Administration Friday approved a new drug designed to treat the leading cause of blindness in older Americans.
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Biotech company Eyetech Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it is optimistic about the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s advisory panel review for its age-related blindness treatment Macugen.
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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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Cancer patients treated with Genentech  Inc.'s colon cancer drug Avastin along with the chemotherapy  regimen FOLFOX4 lived longer than patients treated with the  chemotherapy alone in a late-stage clinical trial, the biotech  company said on Monday.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) appears able to slow the growth of the most common and deadly form of brain cancer -- gliomas -- and extend patient survival, according to a pilot study conducted at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.
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Adding the drug Avastin to a  regimen of targeted therapy Erbitux and chemotherapy in  patients with advanced colon cancer is more effective than the  two drugs alone, a leading cancer researcher said on Wednesday.
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Until now, no drug has been effective at stopping the progress of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that strikes up to 1 million Americans and causes them to lose all or some of their vision.
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Drug-loaded contact lenses have been developed that could treat eye conditions such as glaucoma far more effectively than drops. Usually sufferers of glaucoma and many other eye conditions are prescribed eye drops.