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Genentech announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel or in combination with carboplatin and gemcitabine, followed by Avastin alone, for the treatment of patients with platinum-sensitive, recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

A post-hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial comparing three anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents, found that intravitreous aflibercept was associated with the greatest improvement in visual acuity (VA) over 2 years, for patients with diabetic macular edema (DME).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication of Cyramza (ramucirumab; Eli Lilly) for use in combination with irinotecan, folinic acid, and 5-fluorouracil (FOLFIRI) for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) whose disease has progressed on a first line bevacizumab-, oxaliplatin- and fluoropyrimidine-containing regimen.

Treatment with Eylea (aflibercept; Regeneron) led to greater average visual improvement than Avastin (bevacizumab; Genentech) or Lucentis (ranibizumab; Genentech) when vision was 20/50 or worse at treatment initiation, but similar improvement when the starting vision was 20/40-20/32, data from a clinical trial has shown.