Lucentis is a Medicare Part B-covered drug. approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of wet AMD. Avastin is a Part B-covered drug approved by FDA for the treatment of various forms of. cancer, but smaller doses of the drug are being used off-label to treat wet AMD.
A brig is a United States military prison aboard a United States Navy or Coast Guard vessel, or at an American naval or Marine Corps base. The term derives from the Navy's historical use of twin-mast sailing shipsâor brigsâas prison ships.
In sailing, a full-rigged brig is a vessel with two square rigged masts (fore and main). The main mast of a brig is the aft one. To improve maneuverability, the mainmast carries a small (gaff rigged) fore-and-aft sail. The brig USS Somers, sunk in the Mexican-American War. 2  HMS Beagle was built as a brig (1820) for the Royal Navy. 3  She was deployed as a survey vessel to survey the coasts of South America, Australia, and Africa.