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Dr Clare Bailey & Fiona Grey (13:09)
Lucentis, previously used to treat Wet AMD, has recently been licensed by NICE for the treatment of diabetic maculopathy – a complication of diabetes that affects the macular. Clare Bailey is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical director of the retinal treatment and research unit at Bristol Eye Hospital, and has been involved in the Royal College of Ophthalmologists guidelines for both age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. Here, she talks to Fiona Grey about diabetic maculopathy and the prospects for its treatment with this new indication.
First published in DOCET OQ86 (2013).