University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Chapters

Status Drug name NICE TAs Comments
Status: Amber Acetylclonidine 0.5% eye drops
Status: Red Acetylcysteine 10% eye drops
Status: Red Aflibercept (Eylea®) injection
Status: Amber Apraclonidine 1% eye drops (preserv-free)

Only PF sympathomimetic
Status: Red Balanced slat solution

Theatre use
Status: Red Bevacizumab (Avastin®) injection
Status: Red Bevacizumab gamma (Lytenava®)
NICE TA 1022 Bevacizumab gamma for treating wet age-related macular degeneration
Status: Red Brolucizumab (Beovu®)
Status: Green Carmellose (Xailin fresh)
Status: Green Carmellose 1% multi (Moorfields)
Status: Amber Ciclosporin (Ikervis)
Status: Red Ciclosporin 2mg/g eye ointment (Optimmune)
Status: Green Clinitas®

Non bak
Status: Amber Diclofenac sodium - Voltarol® Ophtha multidose
Status: Red Disodium edetate 0.37% (EDTA)

For hospital use only
Status: Grey Faricimab®
NICE TA 1004 Faricimab for treating visual impairment caused by macular oedema after retinal vein occlusion
Status: Red Flourescein sodium 10% injection (10 x 5ml amps)
Status: Red Fluorescein sodium Minims
Status: Green Hypromellose 0.5% eye drops
Status: Amber Ilube eye drops (10ml) (with preserv)
Status: Amber Ketorolac eye drops
Status: Green Liquid paraffin (VitA-POS®)

Second line
Status: Green Liquid paraffin (Xailin® night)
Status: Red Mercaptamine 0.11% eye drops

Unlicensed
Status: Red Mercaptamine 0.55% eye drops

Unlicensed
Status: Red Ocriplasmin (Jetrea®) injection

For hospital use only
Status: Red Ranibizumab injection
Status: Red Sodium chloride 0.9% Minims

Dilutant for impregnated viral DYD strips
Status: Amber Sodium chloride 5% eye ointment

Specialist ophthalmologist recommendation
Status: Amber Sodium chloride preservative free 5% eye drops

Specialist ophthalmologist recommendation
Status: Red Sodium hyaluronate

Sodium hyaluronateviscoelastic (CIMA OCU + 1.4%- Ocuplus)
Status: Amber Sodium hyaluronate 0.15% multi (Hyabak®)

Specialist ophthalmologist recommendation
Status: Amber Sodium hyaluronate 0.2% eye drops P/F (Evolve HA®)

Specialist ophthalmologist recommendation  
Status: Amber Sodium hyaluronate 0.4% single-dose eye drops (20)

Specialist ophthalmologist recommendation. Sodium hyaluronate 0.4% unit dose (SDU) (Clinitas) - each unit is resealable and may be used for up to 12 hours.
Status: Red Verteprofin (Visudyne)
Status: Green Viscotears eye drops

Liquid gel. Single dose units. High relative cost.
Status: Green Xailin®
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