Retisert (Bausch & Lomb/Control Delivery Systems)

Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2005 Nov;6(11):1159-67.

Abstract

Retisert (Envision TD), a sustained release intraocular implant containing fluocinolone acetonide, has been developed and launched in the US by Bausch & Lomb and Control Delivery Systems for the treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Choroidal Neovascularization / drug therapy*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Drug Delivery Systems*
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Drug Implants
  • Fluocinolone Acetonide / administration & dosage
  • Fluocinolone Acetonide / pharmacokinetics
  • Fluocinolone Acetonide / pharmacology
  • Fluocinolone Acetonide / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Macular Edema / drug therapy*
  • Patents as Topic
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Uveitis, Posterior / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Drug Implants
  • Fluocinolone Acetonide