(MedPage Today) — Raising a drug’s price by 5,500% is a symptom of a larger problem
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Incidence of ptosis may be high after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C
The incidence of ptosis can be a major complication after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C for the surgical management of glaucoma, according to a study.The prospective study analyzed 36 patients who underwent trabeculectomy with MMC in one eye to inves…
Opioid Epidemic Is Driven by Prescribers
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Small-gauge vitrectomy for epiretinal membrane beneficial in patients with good preop visual acuity
Eyes with epiretinal membrane and good preoperative visual acuity may have better final visual acuity outcomes after small-gauge pars plana vitrectomy, according to a study.The retrospective chart review evaluated visual outcomes of 132 eyes that under…
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Robins Kaplan LLP Named Co-Lead Counsel in Disposable Contact Lens Antitrust Litigation
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–National law firm Robins Kaplan LLP announced today that it has been named co-lead counsel in antitrust litigation against the four dominant manufacturers and the largest nationwide distributor of contact lenses. As co-lead counsel, Robins Kaplan represents a proposed class of individual consumers that purchased contact lenses from retailers and eye care professionals that could number in the millions. Robins Kaplan filed one of the first class action complaints on be
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Genentech’s Ocrelizumab First Investigational Medicine to Show Positive Pivotal Study Results in Both Relapsing and Primary Progressive Forms of Multiple Sclerosis
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Genentech, a member of the Roche group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced data from three positive, pivotal Phase III studies of ocrelizumab in people with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) and pr…