> "it’s the same damn molecule with a few cosmetic changes" pretty much tells you everything you need to know about this article.
This is not like a small molecule where a little change makes a huge difference; Avastin is a giant antibody and Lucentis is a part if the same antibody. It's a hack of the FDA process to allow Genentech to sell an equivalent drug at a very different price.
This is not like a small molecule where a little change makes a huge difference; Avastin is a giant antibody and Lucentis is a part if the same antibody. It's a hack of the FDA process to allow Genentech to sell an equivalent drug at a very different price.