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Archive for June, 2009

Drug therapy for macular oedema treatment approved

Published June 24th, 2009 by Jane Macnaughton.

Ozurdex, the first drug therapy for the treatment of macular oedema, following branch retinal vein
occlusion or central retinal vein occlusion, has been approved by the FDA.

AMD biological marker discovered

Published June 17th, 2009 by Jane Macnaughton.

A biological marker for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has been discovered by a
team of researchers from the University of Kentucky.