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FDA Approves Genentech’s Vabysmo

The first bispecific antibody for the eye to treat two leading causes of vision loss.

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, received approval from that the U.S. FDA for Vabysmo (faricimab-svoa) for the treatment of wet, or neovascular, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). Wet AMD and DME are two leading causes of vision loss among U.S. adults. Vabysmo targets and inhibits two disease pathways linked to a number of vision-threatening retinal conditions by neutralizing angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A).  ...

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