Eye injections of the drug Avastin, used to treat retinal diseases, bring no greater risk of endophthalmitis, a potentially blinding eye infection, than injections with the much more expensive drug ...

LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - Roche's cancer drug Avastin is a cheap, effective treatment for preventing blindness and should be used routinely in countries that cannot afford the far more costly ...

The FDA has issued an alert that repackaged intravitreal injections of the drug Avastin have caused at least a dozen serious eye infections in the Miami area, according to an FDA news release. The ...

ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - Roche , trying to get back on its feet after a dismal year, could soon face a new blow if its top cancer drug Avastin proves to be a viable cut-price alternative to Lucentis ...

CHICAGO, April 28 (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's <ROG.VX> cancer drug Avastin works just as well as its far more expensive eye drug Lucentis in treating vision loss from macular degeneration, but has ...

ISLAMABADISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s health minister said Sunday that an injectable medicine that was causing a severe eye infection and sight loss in diabetic patients in the province of Punjab has been ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s health minister ...