Quality of bevacizumab (Avastin®) repacked in single-use glass vials for intravitreal administration Avaliação da qualidade do bevacizumabe (Avastin®) fracionado em frascos de vidro de dose única para administração intravítrea
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1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 2 Chemistry Laboratory, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 3 Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 4 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. 5 Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Funding: This study was supported by CNPq/MCT (Brazil) and Fapemig (Brazil).
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