Drops to replace intravitreal injections

[rosyG]

Hi All,

I attended the RSM event about development of drops to replace injections but delayed posting as promised as had cataract surgery on Monday. So far so good with surgery- it is brilliant at the moment so hoping this continues. I had to try and fit it in between Eyelea injections for BVRO.

So there were two speakers- one from UCL and one from Birmingham and they have both been involved in differing developments. UCL seem to be concentrating on the way to transmit the drops to the back of the eye and Birmingham are doing this but are actually targeting something different to the Veg problem which leads to our oedema. Both have had good success with their products when used in rabbits and after long delays they will both be starting clinical trials very soon ( first stage at this point,)

The drops, when they do materialise, are going t0 be much less expensive so we are now waiting for the trials!!

So all very promising I thought.

[thom3patty]

Wow how encouraging thank you

[Koalajane]

Yes drops would be fantastic. I know the injections help so much but to be able to have drops instead would be somgood

[ironbrain]

Good news indeed. However, a few days back, I came across this:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl... (June 2018)

so it seems to me there's quite a lot more that could be tried.

[rosyG in reply to ironbrain]

Yes I wonder if anyone is working on them. I think Birmingham’s work may be similar at its’s not anti vegg

[Emelinep]

Fantastic thank you for posting. It just shows the importance of supporting charities such as The Macular Society doesn’t it? Good luck with your continued recovery

[Weepie]

We live in hope

[ISABELLA123]

I wish!! xx

[JJnan]

Oh wouldn't that be great!...thank you x

[Mycatsthebest-1]

Hi thank you for the information, wouldn’t it be great to have drops rather than injections! Here’s hoping 🤞

[StokeySue]

I’ve read some summaries of the research, it’s very promising, but it will be a long time coming, it takes a long time to get a really novel treatment licensed for regular use

[rosyG in reply to StokeySue]

Yes. It has taken them a long time to get to this stage too- partly the science but also funding