FDA OKs Lucentis to treat diabetic retinopathy

 The Food and Drug Administration approved Genentech’s drug Lucentis to treat all forms of diabetic retinopathy — a complication of diabetes that leads to vision loss.

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Lucentis represents the first FDA-approved treatment for diabetic retinopathy patients with or without diabetic macular edema.

The FDA previously approved the drug to treat various eye conditions, including wet age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema and myopic choroidal neovascularization.

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