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  • adjective Of or pertaining to new blood vessels

Etymologies

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neo- +‎ vascular

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Examples

  • The end stage of this condition, called neovascular or 'wet AMD', develops in 10 to 20% of all cases, causes profound loss of central vision and is the leading source of legal blindness in people over age 50 in the developed world.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The company said NASDAQ halted trading today, as the Food and Drug Admininstration's Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee is meeting to discuss the companys biologics licensee application for Eylea, the companys treatment for the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration.

    Vivus Joins Erectile Dysfunction Fray, Regeneron Trading Halted 2011

  • The company said NASDAQ halted trading today, as the Food and Drug Admininstration's Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee is meeting to discuss the companys biologics licensee application for Eylea, the companys treatment for the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration.

    Vivus Joins Erectile Dysfunction Fray, Regeneron Trading Halted 2011

  • The company said late Friday the US Food and Drug Administration has approved its EYLEA injection for the treatment of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

    Gilead Pays Up For Pharmasset 2011

  • This type is called the wet or neovascular (meaning new vessels) type because new blood vessels, in an effort to reestablish circulation and oxygen to the area, invade the macula.

    The Human Eye: Part 1 of a Series 2008

  • The BLA seeks marketing approval of the drug for treating patients suffering from the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration wet AMD was submitted in February 2011.

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  • Development of ranibizumab, an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor antigen binding fragment, as therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

    Reuters: Press Release 2012

  • Ranibizumab versus verteporfin for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

    Reuters: Press Release 2012

  • The company said late Friday the US Food and Drug Administration has approved its EYLEA injection for the treatment of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

    Forbes.com: News MarketNewsVideo.com 2011

  • One such benefit seen in the iSONEP Phase 1 trial was a significant reduction (30%+) in the size of the choroidal neovascular lesion itself (i.e., excluding the fluid that has leaked from the lesion) in many of the subjects, all of whom were not responding well to treatment with the VEGF inhibitors at the time they were enrolled in the study.

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