VEGF-Trap: a VEGF blocker with potent antitumor effects.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on August 12, 2002

Authors

Jocelyn Holash1, Sam Davis, Nick Papadopoulos, Susan D Croll, Lillian Ho, Michelle Russell, Patricia Boland, Ray Leidich, Donna Hylton, Elena Burova, Ella Ioffe, Tammy Huang, Czeslaw Radziejewski, Kevin Bailey, James P Fandl, Tom Daly, Stanley J Wiegand, George D Yancopoulos, John S Rudge

Author Affiliations

1: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated, 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA. jocelyn.holash@regeneron.com

Associated clinical trials:

Study for Recalcitrant Age Related Macular Degeneration (TURF) | NCT01543568

Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection for Subacute Central Serous Chorioretinopathy | NCT01971190

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