Study investigates unmet needs in DME

PARIS — A retrospective analysis of a large cohort of patients with diabetic macular edema showed high prevalence of bilateral disease at first visit, high treatment burden and high frequency of fellow eye progression in unilateral cases.
“The purpose of this study was to understand where our patients are right now with DME and what can we learn about them and how they’re being managed, so we can understand where the unmet needs are that are necessary to address when we think about future treatments,” Roger A. Goldberg, MD, MBA, said at the Euretina congress.
The study used data from the