"It is not necessary to measure the extent, height, or length of the DLS [double layer sign]. It is sufficient to know, however, that when DLS is seen that it’s a key risk factor and that regular ...
In a preliminary study of 106 people with “wet” age-related macular degeneration, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that as many as a third of those with the blinding retinal disease may ...
SriniVas R. Sadda, MD, looks to the future at the dawn of home diagnostics and home monitoring for patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) through the promise and ...
BOSTON — A new antivascular endothelial growth-factor (VEGF) drug, OPT-302 (Opthea), appears to be safe and shows signs of effectiveness in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular ...
GLP-1 drugs are associated with a higher risk of “wet” age-related macular degeneration in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Researchers found that the risk substantially ...
Gene therapy has the promise of being one and done, but it isn’t always that way for all patients, which leaves questions about where these therapies fit in the commercial landscape, said Charles C.
As many as 15 million people in the United States have some form of age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of vision loss among people 50 and older. Nine out of 10 of them have the dry form ...
– In AVONELLE-X, the largest long-term extension trial in wet AMD, disease control and durability were maintained over 4 years, with nearly 80% of patients on extended dosing by study end – – Over 60% ...
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced positive three-year results from an extension study of EYLEA HD (aflibercept) Injection 8 mg for treating wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD). The findings, ...
Approval based on the pivotal PULSAR and PHOTON trials in which EYLEA® HD demonstrated clinically equivalent vision gains to EYLEA (aflibercept) Injection 2 mg that were maintained with fewer ...
Q: What happens in macular degeneration? My eye doctor found something called drusen in my eye, and now I'm supposed to take these special vitamins. He didn't say anything about macular degeneration, ...