The Department of Veterans Affairs said it has stopped using the drug Avastin to treat eye disease, as it investigates concerns about serious infections and blindness from the drug, according to a ...

Five patients are now blind after receiving Avastin injections for macular degeneration, according to a New York Times report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on the Avastin injections.

Several patients have reported experiencing complications after receiving contaminated Avastin injections at a VA medical center in Tennessee, according to a Tennessean report.

One option for macular degeneration cuts treatment costs from $2,000 to $50. April 4, 2011— -- One drug costs $50 per dose. The other costs $2,000 per dose. Now, new research shows that the drug ...

The widely used cancer drug Avastin could save the eyesight of tens of thousands of people with age-related macular degeneration of the wet form, British researchers said Friday. The drug provides an ...

The FDA is warning health care professional about a counterfeit version of Avastin 400mg/16mL (Bevacizumab, Genentech), which may have been purchased and used by some medical practices in the U.S. The ...

The results are expected to lead many doctors and patients to turn away from the pricier Lucentis and instead use $50 shots of Avastin for an age-related condition called wet macular degeneration.