Abstract:Amongst other attributes, the ideal drug for retinal disorders should be easy to administer, safe, have a long duration of action, and be costeffective. Needless to say, to date, no such drug exists as far as we are aware, but how close does topical delivery come to meeting these aspirations? Compared with intravitreal drug delivery, topical delivery has some obvious advantages and disadvantages and these are summarized in Table 1.Maurice wrote a seminal review of this subject in 2002, in which he was particul… Show more
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