Roche Seeks EU Marketing Approval For Novel Eye Disease Drug Faricimab

Chugai Has Submitted The Japanese Filing

If approved, Roche’s bispecific antibody could become the first in a new class of medicines in years for treating macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.

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Roche has filed its new eye disease drug for regulatory review in the EU • Source: Alamy

Faricimab, Roche’s investigational bispecific antibody for treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME), has now been filed with the European Medicines Agency for review for potential pan-EU marketing authorization.

If approved, faricimab could become the first in a new class of medicine in 15 years for nAMD and in close to a decade for DME, according to Roche

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