Treatments for neovascularization in the retina may be reduced to as few as two to four times per year. New anti-VEGF drug therapies are now available for treatment of macular diseases. Over the past two years the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved less invasive, less burdensome, and lower cost drugs and procedures. […]
Biogen Inc. and Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. has announced that BYOOVIZ™ (ranibizumab-nuna), a biosimilar of LUCENTIS® (ranibizumab) has been launched in the U.S. and will be commercially available on July 1, 2022. The list price will be $1,130 per injection, which is 40% lower than the current list price of LUCENTIS. The FDA approved BYOOVIZ […]
A new drug called VUITY™ (pilocarpine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution) has recently gained attention as an eye drop that can improve near (close up) vision in individuals over 40. It does not, however, change the condition of the retina. The drug, made by Allergan, works as advertised, but it should not be expected to treat age-related […]
The FDA has approved Genentech’s Vabysmo (first announced here as faricimab), the only injectable eye medicine approved simultaneously in the U.S. for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). Vabysmo will be administered using flexible dosing regimens based on patient need. The medication targets and inhibits two disease pathways by neutralizing angiopoietin-2 […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Byooviz (ranibizumab-nuna) as the first biosimilar to Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) for the treatment of wet AMD. Byooviz is also approved to treat macular edema and myopic choroidal neovascularization, a vision-threatening complication of myopia (nearsightedness). The drug is administered by intravitreal injection (delivered into the vitreous humor […]