Eye injections are the only medication currently available to treat diabetes-related retinopathy. Modern eye injections are not painful and don’t cause many side effects. Diabetic retinopathy affects ...

CHICAGO — Specialists are losing money with every intravitreal injection they administer, regardless of the drug being injected, an investigator warns. Each injection we do costs $127.74 — $1.60 for ...

What Is Eylea HD, and Why Does It Matter? Eylea HD (aflibercept) is an injectable medicine used to treat certain eye conditions that can lead to vision loss. It works by blocking a protein called VEGF ...

People with diabetic macular edema may receive eye injections to help control their symptoms. These shots can help to improve vision and also stop the damage that causes vision issues to get worse.

These injections can restore your eyesight and ward off vision loss. And they aren’t nearly as stressful as you might think. No one really looks forward to getting a shot — and when you’re living with ...

An emerging approach that uses aqueous chlorhexidine to prevent infections after intravitreal injections to deliver drugs into the eye is as effective as the long prevailing method that uses povidone ...

Retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy affect millions of people globally, often leading to vision loss with minimal straightforward treatment.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today two-year data from the Phase III Pagoda and Pavilion studies ...

An RNA-editing gene therapy has been developed that switches off the key driver of common eye conditions affecting diabetics and the elderly. The researchers behind the innovative treatment say that ...

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