Allergan, International Diabetes Federation partner to fight DME

Allergan and the International Diabetes Federation have entered into a collaborative partnership to develop a global approach to screen, diagnose and manage diabetic macular edema, the company announced in a press release.
The partnership aims to develop clinical practice recommendations for DME, which is often managed by several different health care professionals, the release said.
“Eye complications are a serious threat to people with diabetes. Approximately one in three will develop some form of diabetic eye disease. We must detect and treat macular edema early,” Nam H. Cho, MD,