Verteporfin
- Generic Name
- Verteporfin
- Brand Names
- Visudyne
- Drug Type
- Small Molecule
- Chemical Formula
- C41H42N4O8
- CAS Number
- 129497-78-5
- Unique Ingredient Identifier
- WU713D62N9
- Background
Verteporfin, marketed as Visudyne, is a benzoporphyrin derivative. It is used as a photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy to eliminate abnormal blood vessels in wet form macular degeneration. Verteporfin accumulates in these abnormal blood vessels and, when stimulated by nonthermal red light with a wavelength of 693 nm in the presence of oxygen, produces hi...
- Indication
For the treatment of patients with predominantly classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration, pathologic myopia or presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome. Verteporfin can also be used to destroy tumors.
- Associated Conditions
- Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV)
- Associated Therapies
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