Pegaptanib is a polynucleotide aptamer. Pegatinib aids neovascular age-related macular degeneration by binding to VEGF which in order reduces angiogenesis and vessel permeability.
Pegaptanib was granted FDA approval on 17 September 2004.
For the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration.
Wake Forest University Eye Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwigshafen hospital, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Pfizer Investigational Site, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Pfizer Investigational Site, Liege, Belgium
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Retinology and Biomicroscopic Lasersurgery, Vienna, Austria
Pfizer Investigational Site, Västerås, Sweden
Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
Cumberland Valley Retina Center, Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
Palmetto Retina Center, West Columbia, South Carolina, United States
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Retina Research Institute of Texas, LLC, Abilene, Texas, United States
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