Eye injections of the drug Avastin, used to treat retinal diseases, bring no greater risk of endophthalmitis, a potentially blinding eye infection, than injections with the much more expensive drug ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it has stopped using Roche's Avastin to treat a sight-robbing eye disease as it looks into reports of increased risk of infection. Roche's ...

LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - Roche's cancer drug Avastin is a cheap, effective treatment for preventing blindness and should be used routinely in countries that cannot afford the far more costly ...

The FDA has issued an alert that repackaged intravitreal injections of the drug Avastin have caused at least a dozen serious eye infections in the Miami area, according to an FDA news release. The ...

CHICAGO, April 28 (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's <ROG.VX> cancer drug Avastin works just as well as its far more expensive eye drug Lucentis in treating vision loss from macular degeneration, but has ...

ISLAMABADISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s health minister said Sunday that an injectable medicine that was causing a severe eye infection and sight loss in diabetic patients in the province of Punjab has been ...

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