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 ...

Five patients being treated for eye disease went blind after being injected with injection drug Avastin at the Veterans Affairs medical center in Los Angeles, according to The New York Times.

But some eye specialists say Genentech’s research was far from conclusive because the company did not experiment with Avastin itself.

Repackaged injections of the cancer drug Avastin, also known as bevacizumab, have caused a cluster of serious eye infections in the Miami, Florida area, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said ...

NYT: At least 16 people in two states have gotten severe eye infections, and some have been blinded, from injections of the drug Avastin, according to health authorities and to lawyers ...

And since Avastin must be repurposed as an eye injection, generally at a compounding pharmacy, there is an additional risk, however small, of contamination.

At least 16 people in two states have gotten severe eye infections, and some have been blinded, from injections of the drug Avastin, according to health authorities and to lawyers representing the ...

Avastin, sold by Genentech, is approved to treat cancer, not eye disease. But many retina specialists use Avastin off label because it costs only about $50 an injection, compared with $2,000 for ...

Avastin, sold by Genentech, is approved to treat cancer, not eye disease. But many retina specialists use Avastin off label because it costs only about $50 an injection, compared with $2,000 for ...