Comments on: Are IOP Spikes Following Avastin Injections Related to Your Compounding Pharmacy? http://eyedocnews.com/002503-are-iop-spikes-following-avastin-injections-related-to-your-compounding-pharmacy/ Ophthalmology on the Web Mon, 21 May 2012 18:33:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Irv Arons http://eyedocnews.com/002503-are-iop-spikes-following-avastin-injections-related-to-your-compounding-pharmacy/comment-page-1/#comment-887 Irv Arons Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:39:37 +0000 http://eyedocnews.com/?p=2503#comment-887 OK, I received copies of the email blast that the Academy sent out to its members during the meeting and in one was a more detailed excerpt of Dr. Kahook's talk, which turned out to be at the Glaucoma SubSpecialty Day session, not at the Retina Session, as I thought. In any event, I have added the additional details to my original writeup. Anyone interested can click on the URL link in my posting above and see the new details. Irv OK, I received copies of the email blast that the Academy sent out to its members during the meeting and in one was a more detailed excerpt of Dr. Kahook’s talk, which turned out to be at the Glaucoma SubSpecialty Day session, not at the Retina Session, as I thought.

In any event, I have added the additional details to my original writeup.

Anyone interested can click on the URL link in my posting above and see the new details.

Irv

]]> By: Randall V. Wong, M.D. http://eyedocnews.com/002503-are-iop-spikes-following-avastin-injections-related-to-your-compounding-pharmacy/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Randall V. Wong, M.D. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:56:22 +0000 http://eyedocnews.com/?p=2503#comment-789 I, too, have had a few questions. I called my compounding pharmacy, they don't understand the issue. From their perspective, this is a sterile-to-sterile transfer. They take an aliquot from a larger vial (supplied by Genetech) and place into a smaller vial under sterile conditions. Randy I, too, have had a few questions. I called my compounding pharmacy, they don’t understand the issue.

From their perspective, this is a sterile-to-sterile transfer. They take an aliquot from a larger vial (supplied by Genetech) and place into a smaller vial under sterile conditions.

Randy

]]> By: Irv Arons http://eyedocnews.com/002503-are-iop-spikes-following-avastin-injections-related-to-your-compounding-pharmacy/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Irv Arons Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:49:00 +0000 http://eyedocnews.com/?p=2503#comment-788 Randall, I also wrote this up for my online Journal (link: http://tinyurl.com/AvastinUpdate31) and tried to get Dr. Kahook to answer several additional questions, such as: What are the other states that have reported problems? Is their a reference site to look at? Who is doing the investigation -- FDA, NIH, or Genentech? But he refused to answer -- saying I would have to wait for his publication to get these answers. Also, he appears to be a paid consultant for Genentech -- so that should be borne in mind in his presentation. Irv Randall,

I also wrote this up for my online Journal (link: http://tinyurl.com/AvastinUpdate31) and tried to get Dr. Kahook to answer several additional questions, such as:

What are the other states that have reported problems?
Is their a reference site to look at?
Who is doing the investigation — FDA, NIH, or Genentech?

But he refused to answer — saying I would have to wait for his publication to get these answers.

Also, he appears to be a paid consultant for Genentech — so that should be borne in mind in his presentation.

Irv

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