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Novel drug approved for diabetes-related vision loss
06 Feb 2025 17:08 GMT
… age-related macular degeneration.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved … delivery of medication, can help preserve vision with fewer treatments,” explained … Head of Global Product Development.
The treatment delivers a continuous dose …
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Study finds faricimab effective for nAMD patients unresponsive to other anti-VEGF treatments
06 Feb 2025 16:04 GMT
… Korea.
In commenting on treating nAMD, the investigators explained … in that the drug targets VEGF-A … with treatment-resistant neovascular age-related macular degeneration: outcomes … macular degeneration: The STAIRWAY phase 2 randomized clinical trial. …
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InMed Pharmaceuticals Announces Granting of Patent for Novel Compounds
06 Feb 2025 15:06 GMT
… of its novel pharmaceutical drug development candidates utilizing … drug candidates for Alzheimer's disease and age-related macular degeneration … drug candidates, methods of manufacturing these drugs, … support the development of new treatments for diseases …
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Roche's Susvimo receives US FDA approval for the treatment of diabetic macular edema
06 Feb 2025 05:34 GMT
… of medication, can help preserve vision with fewer treatments. … efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of Susvimo (Port … to treat neovascular or ‘wet’ age-related macular degeneration (nAMD … and Drug Administration in 2006. Roche is also developing DutaFabs …
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Astellas Pharma seeks Japanese conditional approval of avacincaptad pegol intravitreal solution to treat geographic atrophy
06 Feb 2025 04:16 GMT
Astellas Pharma Inc., a global … head of biopharma and ophthalmology development, Astellas, said: “Today’s … drug for treatment of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration … multicenter phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety …
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Astellas takes $760M charge, reveals slowdown for eye drug Izervay after regulatory stumbles
06 Feb 2025 02:12 GMT
… secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) as well … drug,” Kitamura said, emphasizing that patients will likely “quickly resume” treatment … are based on cross-trial comparisons and cannot … AT466 as the “development timeline and the competitive …
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UNSW expert comment: TGA approves new drug to treat macular degeneration
05 Feb 2025 01:06 GMT
… approval of a new drug to treat macular degeneration, UNSW researcher Dr … decision, approving the first treatment in Australia for geographic … loss. However, whilst the treatment has been shown to … any existing damage. The treatment is also administered via …
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FDA expands label for Roche's eye disease implant Susvimo
05 Feb 2025 22:19 GMT
… Susvimo has continued with FDA approval for use in … 39; or neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and comes just … treatment that offers an alternative to regular eye injections to treat … designed to deliver active drug continuously for at least …
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DURAVYU Hits Primary Phase 2 Endpoint, Reduces Treatment Burden in DME
05 Feb 2025 22:16 GMT
… It is developed as a maintenance treatment for patients with … macular degeneration (nAMD). In the Phase 2 DAVIO 2 trial, DURAVYU achieved a treatment … to meet with the FDA in the second … and secondary endpoints. EyePoint Pharmaceuticals. February 5, 2025. …
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Expert insights: Ashkan Abbey, MD discusses 1-year results of DAVIO-2 trial
05 Feb 2025 21:04 GMT
… trial, which compared EYP-1901 to aflibercept for wet age-related macular degeneration … EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, who's creating this medication. This … both the overall treatment burden when you compare … many oncologists are treating their patients who …