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 ...

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 ...

Law360, New York (August 31, 2011, 3:26 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned that repackaged injections of Genentech Inc.'s cancer drug Avastin have caused a series of eye ...

Five patients being treated for eye disease were blinded after being injected with Roche Holding AG's Avastin at the Los Angeles Veterans Affairs medical center, according to the New York Times. VA ...

by Zachary Brennan India’s CDSCO Warns Against Using Roche’s Avastin as Eye Treatment India’s Central Drugs Standards Control Organization (CDSCO) issued an alert Thursday notifying state and local ...

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 ...

Law360, New York (March 27, 2013, 3:01 PM EDT) -- A Florida federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Western Heritage Insurance Co. alleging it doesn't have to defend Walgreen Co. and others in ...

The widely used cancer drug Avastin could save the eyesight of tens of thousands of people with age-related macular degeneration of the wet form, British researchers said Friday. The drug provides an ...