The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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August 29, 2016
Lifitegrast (Xiidra) for Dry Eye Disease
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Lifitegrast (Xiidra) for Dry Eye Disease
August 29, 2016 (Issue: 1502)
The FDA has approved a 5% ophthalmic solution of
lifitegrast (Xiidra – Shire), a lymphocyte function-associated
antigen-1 (LFA-1) antagonist, for treatment
of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease.
Lifitegrast is the first LFA-1 antagonist...more
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