Inventors:
Julia Levy - Vancouver, CA
Joan W. Miller - Boston MA
Evangelos S. Gradoudas - Boston MA
Tayyaba Hasan - Arlington MA
Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth - Luebeck, DE
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation - Boston MA
Quadra Logic Technologies, Inc. - Vancouver, B.C.
Massachuesetts Eye & Ear Infirmary - Boston MA
International Classification:
A61K 31555
Abstract:
Photodynamic therapy of conditions of the eye characterized by unwanted neovasculature, such as age-related macular degeneration, is effective using green porphyrins as photoactive agents, preferably as liposomal compositions.