Monday 14 February 2022

Three jabs a year of new NHS drug could save eyesight in 800,000 Brits, experts say

Three jabs a year of new NHS drug could save eyesight in 800,000 Brits, experts say Two eye conditions that cause blindness can be treated with a breakthrough drug that dramatically slows the loss of vision.

The medication, faricimab, could soon be offered to people with wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), a leading cause of vision loss in over-60s, and to sufferers of diabetic macular oedema, an eye problem linked to diabetes. The Daily Mail 

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