Cancer drug is no different in effectiveness as gold standard treatment for macular degeneration

Friday, October 9, 2009 - 09:56 in Health & Medicine

(Boston) - Investigators from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the VA Boston Healthcare System have shown, at 6 months in a small group of patients, that there is no difference in efficacy between Bevacizumab (Avastin) and Ranibizumab (Lucentis) for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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