Comparison Study Of Lucentis, Avastin And Eylea In DME Starts With NIH Funding
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The study’s sponsor, the NIH-funded Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network, highlighted the cost disparity between treatments for diabetic macular edema in a summary of the study’s purpose.
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