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 ...
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 ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs said it has stopped using the drug Avastin to treat eye disease, as it investigates concerns about serious infections and blindness from the drug, according to a ...
Five patients are now blind after receiving Avastin injections for macular degeneration, according to a New York Times report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on the Avastin injections.
Several patients have reported experiencing complications after receiving contaminated Avastin injections at a VA medical center in Tennessee, according to a Tennessean report.