Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive eye condition that affects millions of people worldwide and poses a significant threat to vision in individuals over the age of 50.1 Of the two types of AMD, wet AMD, which is characterized by ...
Mydriasis physiology
Mydriasis refers to physiologic or pharmacologic pupillary dilation. Physiologic pupillary dilation occurs naturally as a response to low light and viewing objects in the distance. This process is mediated by both the iris sphincter and the iris dilator ...
Biologics have redefined the outcomes of retinal pathologies by targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway. Anti-VEGF therapy has prevented millions of people from going blind due to retinal vascular pathologies.1 Apart from preventing morbidity, it has a widespread ...
Ashish Sharma, Baruch D Kuppermann, Anat Loewenstein
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A biosimilar is a biologic medical product that is an almost identical copy of an original product manufactured by a different company.1 Biosimilars are officially approved versions of original “innovator” products and can only be manufactured in a well-equipped research ...
The introduction of anti-angiogenic agents has revolutionized the treatment of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-mediated ocular disease. The first anti-angiogenic agent to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), bevacizumab, was originally developed to inhibit tumorigenesis. ...
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