The UN Special Representative on Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlstrom, said the disaster showed that more must be done "to ensure early warning systems are effective in an age when climate change is intensifying the impact of typhoons".
In an added bonus, a smaller version of the molecule could be effective in an age-related eye disease. (A drug from Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) will reach the market first.) FDA approval of Avastin is expected by late March, but could come sooner.