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 involvlng_ let's say, :imoptlc, showing that it
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 retained visual field? These are studies that are
 done before its approval.
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 JUDGE YOUNG; Wait. _ didn't get that.
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 BY MR. _EESE_
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 Before _imoptlc was approved_ were there
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 any studies available?.
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 E That's proprietary .information which is
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 only available to the FDA from the companies, and
 lO that is not public information. There were a bunch_
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 a whole series of studies that were published from
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 Zimmerman_s laboratory_ looing at various stages of
 13 Timolol effects during the dew_Iopment of Timolol,
 14 Timop%ic, . Excuse moo _ keep on using the generic
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 _6 _ Okay° _sn't it true that all of these
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 cause an increase in eye pressure?
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 E Xt's conceivable, I'm not aware .of many
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 repozts from the National Center for Adverse Effects
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 Well_ X guess my point is this. Xsn't it
 true that these drags react differently on different
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 people?
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