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Off-label use of cheaper Avastin in AMD in line for official blessing in France

This article was originally published in SRA

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The French health authorities are taking steps to implement a new legislative provision that would allow Roche's anti-VEGF product Avastin (bevacizumab) to be used to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on the grounds that it is much cheaper than Novartis' Lucentis (ranibizumab), even though Avastin is not approved for this condition.

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