After counterfeit Avastin®—what have we learned and what can be done?

TK Mackey, R Cuomo, C Guerra… - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2015 - nature.com
Three years have passed since the FDA announced that it had detected counterfeit versions
of the injectable anticancer drug bevacizumab (Avastin®, Genentech, USA) in the US drug …

Falsification of biotechnology drugs: current dangers and/or future disasters?

S Janvier, B De Spiegeleer, C Vanhee… - … of pharmaceutical and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Falsified medical products have become a global threat since they were first mentioned to
the general public at the conference of experts on the rational use of drugs organized by the …

A multinational comparison of anti–vascular endothelial growth factor use: the United States, the United Kingdom, and Asia-Pacific

R Parikh, N Pirakitikulr, J Chhablani, Y Sakurada… - Ophthalmology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose A comparison of anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) medication
use across multiple countries. Clinical Relevance Anti-VEGF medication use is now …

Analysis of illegal peptide drugs via HILIC-DAD-MS

S Janvier, E De Sutter, E Wynendaele… - Talanta, 2017 - Elsevier
Biopharmaceuticals have established themselves as highly efficient medicines, and are still
one of the fastest growing parts of the health-product industry. Unfortunately, the introduction …

Counterfeit Avastin in India: punish the criminals, not the patients

MW Stewart, R Narayanan, V Gupta… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To report the recent controversy surrounding the intraocular use of bevacizumab in
India and its relationship to the broader problems of off-label drug use, medication …

A large outbreak of fulminant bacterial endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of counterfeit bevacizumab

M Entezari, S Karimi, H Ahmadieh… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose This study reports the findings in a large series of patients with acute bacterial
endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (IVB) in two eye hospitals …

An exploration of counterfeit medicine surveillance strategies guided by geospatial analysis: lessons learned from counterfeit Avastin detection in the US drug supply …

RE Cuomo, TK Mackey - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To explore healthcare policy and system improvements that would more
proactively respond to future penetration of counterfeit cancer medications in the USA drug …

Impurity profiling of the most frequently encountered falsified polypeptide drugs on the Belgian market

S Janvier, K Cheyns, M Canfyn, S Goscinny… - Talanta, 2018 - Elsevier
Advances in biotechnology and the chemical synthesis of peptides have made
biopharmaceuticals and synthetic peptide drugs viable pharmaceutical compounds today …

Cluster endophthalmitis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia following intravitreal bevacizumab: outcomes of patients from North India

AK Agarwal, K Aggarwal, R Samanta… - British Journal of …, 2019 - bjo.bmj.com
Purpose To study features, management and outcomes of cluster endophthalmitis following
intravitreal bevacizumab (BCZ) injection in North India. Methods In this retrospective study …

Klebsiella cluster endophthalmitis following intravitreal bevacizumab: role of early detection, pars plana vitrectomy, and intracameral moxifloxacin

GM Kohli, P Shenoy, PP Malhotra… - Ocular Immunology …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Aim To report the clinical profile, outcomes of early vitrectomy for cluster endophthalmitis
developing after intravitreal Bevacizumab (IVB), and discuss the role of prophylactic …