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• Bayer to challenge Avastin legal ruling

  England’s use of Avastin is not an isolated one. Health systems in other countries, including France, have also promoted its off-licence use, with a number of publicly-funded trials ... Switching to off-licence Avastin would save £100m or more, if

• UK doctors call on NHS to use Avastin for wet AMD

  drug Avastin 'off- licence' to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). ... Asking Simon Stevens at NHS England to support the case for change and to support clinical commissioners who wish to make local commissioning decisions to prescribe

• UPDATE: Greater Manchester PCTs react to Avastin off-licence use

  The Association of Greater Manchester PCTs releases a statement following reports in the Guardian yesterday that doctors were prescribing Avastin off-label for wet-AMD to avoid the high costs of ... The association of Greater Manchester PCTs has released

• NHS may permit off-licence use of Avastin in wet-AMD

  Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in the Greater Manchester area in the UK have decided to offer patients Avastin off-label on the NHS, while Moorfields eye hospital in London is said ... Some doctors have reported promising results from using Avastin on an