Happy Thanksgiving! I had a great weekend and hope you did, too. This year, I am thankful for my friends and family ...and especially my eyesight. Turkey Day As with many of you, we had a marvelous feast. We celebrated with our parents, friends and the kids. Amy did a wonderful job with roasting a turkey, stuffing from scratch and her famous garlic mashed! I … [Read more...]
VEGF Trap-Eye Treats Macular Degeneration
November 23, 2010 By 3 Comments
VEGF Trap-Eye (aflibercept) is another treatment for wet macular degeneration. The sponsoring pharmaceutical companies, Bayer and Regeneron, just reported favorable results in their own Phase III studies. Basically these studies compared aflibercept against well known Lucentis (ranibizumab). They report that VEGF Trap is just as good as Lucentis. Funny Name, But … [Read more...]
Update on Implantable CentraSight Telescope
November 17, 2010 By 18 Comments
VisionCare's implantable telescope for patients with advanced macular degeneration was FDA approved in August. Since then, little information has been available, but I received an update from the company last week. Telescope is Not Being Shipped Though FDA approval has been received, VisionCare, the parent company, has not started shipping this implantable device. … [Read more...]
