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 the Canadian Forces, the rank of brigadier-general (BGen) (brigadier-gÃ©nÃ©ral or bgÃ©n in French) is an Army or Air Force rank equal to a commodore of the Navy. A brigadier-general is the lowest rank of General Officer, the Army and Air Force equivalent of a Naval flag officer.