Intravitreal Injections: A Historic Background

Although most of the discoveries are the result of hard laboratory work, the history of Medicine is filled with a number of accidents that have led to the discovery of a new concept or technology. The story of discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming (https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/ laureates/1945/fleming‑bio.html) and light coagulation by Professor Meyer‑ Schwickerath (www.ascrs.org/ honorees/gerd‑meyer‑schwickerath‑md) are shining examples of both accidental observation and hard work. My involvement in the development of intravitreal injection of medication was a consequence of prior laboratory investigations and serendipity.