Lucentis And Avastin Stack Up In CATT, Forcing Genentech/Novartis To Play Defense
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The efficacy of low-cost Avastin and pricier Lucentis for the treatment of wet-AMD are similar in the first head-to-head clinical trial to compare the two drugs, though Novartis and Genentech call out safety uncertainties.
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