At the Amercian Academy of Opthalmology 115th Annual Meeting, findings were presented from a retrospective study conducted after a Mayo Clinic opthalmologist noticed an increase in intraoccular pressure (IOP) in her patients using Genentech’ (Roche) Lucentis (ranibizumab), an FDA-approved drug for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
MARINA (Minimally Classic/OccultTrial of the Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Antibody Ranibizumab in the Treatment of Neovascular Endothelial Age-Related Macular Degeneration) and ANCHOR (Anti-VEGF antibody for the treatment of predominantly classic Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration) evaluated drugs, including ranibizumab, for the treatment of AMD and other forms of MD.
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