MedicinePharmaceuticalsProduct 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 degeneration2.Myopia3.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.)"
