Eylea

May 27, 2024

Retinal vein occlusion is the second most prevalent retinal vascular disease after diabetic retinopathy. Without treatment, it often results in a gradual decline in vision, ultimately causing permanent blindness. It ranks among the leading causes of vision loss globally, and this visual impairment significantly imp...

Dec 01, 2023

The FDA recently approved Amgen’s Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) for various inflammatory conditions, marking the first biosimilar approval referencing the popular J&J drug Stelara (ustekinumab). Wezlana, mirroring its reference product, is approved for treating multiple inflammatory diseases in adults, including m...

Nov 10, 2023

Roche’s Vabysmo secures a new FDA nod for retinal vein occlusion treatment, intensifying the competition with Regeneron and Bayer’s Eylea in the eye medication market. This approval for Vabysmo in RVO adds another shared medical indication for the competing eye medications. Vabysmo’s successful FDA approval for RVO...

Jul 22, 2022

Competitive inroads by Regeneron’s Eylea in the retinal vein occlusion treatment landscape changed the market once dominated by Roche.Moving forward, RVO’s robust pipeline, along with several VEGF inhibitors, creates trouble for the big ones; Lucentis and Eylea. Retinal vein occlusion is the second most common s...

Oct 30, 2018

TherapeuticsMD bags FDA approval for hormone therapy The FDA has nodded hormone therapy of TherapeuticsMD for hot flashes that are associated with menopause. Bijuva is an oral treatment that contains molecularly identical (bio-identical) versions of the hormones estradiol and progesterone for menopausal women with a...

Oct 16, 2017

Wet AMD is a chronic eye disease that causes blurred vision or a blind spot in a person’s visual field. It is characterized by abnormal blood vessels that leak blood and fluids into the macula, a region of the eye that is responsible for sharp, central vision. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common eye c...