It is now focused on seeking treatments for major eye diseases, including Wet AMD, or age-related macular degeneration.
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The proteins were activated in mice bred to mimic the effects of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy.
That could represent further problems for Eyetech, which, along with Pfizer, already sells a treatment called Macugen for the disease--age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Eyetech shares soared last year based on the success of Macugen, a treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness.
By the end of the study, the researchers showed that 9.3% of patients taking aspirin developed wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) compared with 3.7% of patients who did not take aspirin.
Studies from two different teams published Monday in the Archives of Ophthalmology provide more evidence that these foods -- which contain healthy fats -- can reduce the risk of developing a retina-destroying condition known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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That could represent further problems for Eyetech (nasdaq: EYET - news - people ), which, along with Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ), already sells a treatment called Macugen for the disease--age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
There are two forms of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD: the dry form, known as non-neovascular, and the wet form, called neovascular.
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Two breakthrough drugs from Genentech offer hope for patients with the more severe "wet" form (which is more common in Asia than in the U.S.) of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.
Two breakthrough drugs from Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) offer hope for patients with the more severe "wet" form of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.
Two breakthrough drugs from Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) offer hope for patients with the more severe "wet" form (which is more common in Asia than in the U.S.) of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.
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