New Vabysmo data suggest greater retinal drying versus aflibercept in nAMD and DME

Post-hoc analyses from four phase III studies indicate Vabysmo dried retinal fluid faster with fewer injections in neovascular or ‘wet’ age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME)More Vabysmo patients with nAMD had absence of retinal fluid at 12 weeks in a post-hoc analysis from the phase III TENAYA and LUCERNE studiesDME patients treated with Vabysmo had less blood vessel leakage in the macula at 16 weeks in a post-hoc analysis from the phase III YOSEMITE and RHINE studiesBasel, 25 April 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that post-hoc data indicate treatment with Vabysmo ® (faricimab) led to greater and faster drying of retinal fluid with fewer injections compared to aflibercept in neovascular or ‘wet’ age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).1 In diabetic macular edema (DME), post-hoc data suggest Vabysmo treatment resulted in faster drying with fewer injections as well as less blood vessel leakage in the macula, the centre of the retina, compared to aflibercept.2,3 The analyses from the phase III TENAYA and LUCERNE (nAMD) and YOSEMITE and RHINE (DME) studies were shared at the 2023 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, held from 23-27 April in New Orleans, United States.“Reducing retinal fluid is associated with improved vision,” said Levi Garraway, M.D., Ph.D., Roche’s Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Product Development. “These data continue to reinforce Vab...
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