Whatever happened to photodynamic therapy?  Visudyne®, a form of photodynamic therapy, was one of the first "treatments" for wet, or exudative, macular degeneration and quickly became the treatment of choice.  It was approved for the treatment of wet macular degeneration in 2000.  The treatment involves infusion of Visudyne® (verteporfin for injection) into the patient, the drug accumulates … [Read more...]