The New York Times
Aug 30, 2011
By Andrew Pollack
At least 16 people in two states have gotten severe eye infections, and some have been blinded, from injections of the drug Avastin, according to health authorities and to lawyers representing the patients.
The cancer drug Avastin has been used by some doctors to treat macular degeneration, an off-label application. The incidents, in Florida and Tennessee, demonstrate the risks associated with the money-saving practice of injecting Avastin into the eye to treat the wet form of age-related macular degeneration, a common cause of severe vision loss in the elderly.
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