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. The company is quite small … [Read more...]
Macugen: First anti-VEGF Eye Injection….so, Where’s Waldo?
December 14, 2009 By 2 Comments
Like the image game "Waldo," Macugen® seems to be lost in a sea of literature about other anti-VEGF intraocular injections. Macugen was; however, the first intraocular injection for the treatment of wet macular degeneration. It became FDA approved for the treatment of wet ARMD in 2004. Where is it now? The First anti-VEGF Intraocular Injection. Quite simply, this was a significant change … [Read more...]
