And it's timely -- we're seeing an epidemic of age-related macular degeneration with our aging population.
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It is now focused on seeking treatments for major eye diseases, including Wet AMD, or age-related macular degeneration.
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Lucentis is a prescription drug for the treatment of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration and macular edema.
Wilkinson: There are other data that have incriminated smoking in age-related macular degeneration.
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The proteins were activated in mice bred to mimic the effects of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy.
The story everyone's writing is this: Genentech's being hurt by weakening sales of Lucentis, its drug for age-related macular degeneration.
There are two forms of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD: the dry form, known as non-neovascular, and the wet form, called neovascular.
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That could represent further problems for Eyetech, which, along with Pfizer, already sells a treatment called Macugen for the disease--age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Sirna already has a collaboration with Allergan for its lead compound, a drug to treat age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.
Eyetech shares soared last year based on the success of Macugen, a treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness.
Since age-related macular degeneration primarily affects the elderly covered by Medicare, the government has a financial stake in the decision over which drug to use.
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The only disease where a beta carotene supplement may help is in the prevention or slowing of age-related macular degeneration and the associated vision loss.
Lower glycemic index diets have been linked to a reduced risk of heart disease, diabetes and age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in Americans.
But with age-related macular degeneration, the thinking is just the reverse: Avastin may be more cost effective than the FDA-approved drug, but may also impose some additional risks.
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The CATT (Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials) study, slated for release next week, is sponsored by the National Eye Institute, part of the federal National Institutes of Health.
The story everyone's writing is this: Genentech's (nyse: DNA - news - people ) being hurt by weakening sales of Lucentis, its drug for age-related macular degeneration.
Even though some doctors have been using Avastin to treat age-related macular degeneration, Genentech developed and received FDA approval in 2006 for Lucentis, a new drug specifically designed for that disease.
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Two breakthrough drugs from Genentech offer hope for patients with the more severe "wet" form (which is more common in Asia than in the U.S.) of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.
Two breakthrough drugs from Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) offer hope for patients with the more severe "wet" form of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.
By the end of the study, the researchers showed that 9.3% of patients taking aspirin developed wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) compared with 3.7% of patients who did not take aspirin.
Sirna already has a collaboration with Allergan (nyse: AGN - news - people ) for its lead compound, a drug to treat age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.
Studies from two different teams published Monday in the Archives of Ophthalmology provide more evidence that these foods -- which contain healthy fats -- can reduce the risk of developing a retina-destroying condition known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Two breakthrough drugs from Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) offer hope for patients with the more severe "wet" form (which is more common in Asia than in the U.S.) of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.
That could represent further problems for Eyetech (nasdaq: EYET - news - people ), which, along with Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ), already sells a treatment called Macugen for the disease--age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
However, there are a few noteworthy exceptions - for example, age-related macular degeneration - where the genetic risks explain a substantial proportion of the disease and which , when combined with other non-genetic factors, might be able to accurately identify individuals who will develop the disease in future.
It is a very potent antioxidant, and numerous research studies have found an association between greater intake of beta carotene-containing fruits and vegetables and a reduced risk of disease including heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, age-related macular degeneration (the leading cause of blindness in older Americans) and even certain types of cancers.
Many eye-vitamin formulations currently on the market are based on research conducted by the National Institutes of Health in a project called Age-Related Eye Disease Study, or AREDS. The first phase of the clinical trial, completed in 2001, found that a specific combination of vitamins C and E, along with beta-carotene and zinc, reduced the risk of age-related macular degeneration by as much as 25%.
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