Manufacturer

QLT Ophthalmics Inc.

Country

USA

Certificates

FDA

Document

0.2 MB

Registration Date	18 Jan 2015
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Visudyne®

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Medicine Pharmaceuticals Product Number : 0187-5600-15

Photosensitizing Agent

Drug Information

Generic

verteporfin

NDC Code

0187-5600-15

Drug Class

Ophthalmologicals

Therapeutic Class

Photosensitizing AgenT

Dosage form

Powder

Route of Administration

Intravenous Injection

Therapeutic Area

1.Photodynamic therapy for age- related macular degeneration 2.Myopia 3.Degenerative Macular Degeneration

Nanomaterials

Liposome

Nanoliposome

Indication

"The first step is the intravenous infusion of Visudyne. The second step is the activation of Visudyne with light from a nonthermal diode laser (Visudyne (verteporfin for injection) is indicated for the treatment of predominantly classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration, pathologic myopia, or presumed ocular histoplasmosis.)"