Re: Avistan Update 5: NIH Considers Trial Comparing Lucentis to Avistan

I rechecked the numbers -- I was wrong, there have been more than
10,000 patient treatments with Avistan!

Irv Arons

Irv Arons wrote:
And, there have been several hundred, or perhaps thousands, of people
with wet AMD treated and improved with the lower costing Avastin. So
far, to my knowledge, there have been no side effects.

Irv Arons

PS Check out the rest of my postings on Avistan to see the results.


Scott Seidman wrote:
"Don W" <dwilgus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:YHjJg.12848$%j7.9692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Lucentis has gone through the FDA trials. Avastin has not.


Yes, it has. Not for mac. degen, so far as I know, but off-label use
is not illegal.

Not talking about approval for some other illness. Comparing it's
use
for "mac. degen" vs. Lucentis. Hmmm. How far off does off-label use
have to go to be illegal?

Don W.





So long as it's approved for use in humans, its OK. It's VERY illegal,
however, for a pharmaceutical company to promote ANY off-label use.

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