The Lancet publishes studies showing Roche ’s faricimab improved and maintained vision in two leading causes of vision loss, extending time between treatments up to four months

Two papers in The Lancet highlight one-year results from Roche ’s phase III trials evaluatingfaricimab inneovascular or “wet” age-related macular (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME)Across four studies, about half of eligiblefaricimab patients were able to go four months between treatments, and approximately three-quarters could be treated every three months or longerReductions in central subfield thickness (CST) and resolution ofintraretinal fluid consistentlyfavouredfaricimab overaflibercept in DME, and meaningful and comparable CST reductions were seen innAMD in the first yearBasel, 24 January 2022 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that The Lancet has published two papers highlighting one-year results from four pivotal phase III studies of faricimab, an investigational bispecific antibody, in neovascular or “wet” age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). [1,2] All four studies – which enrolled more than 3,000 people in total – met their primary endpoints, showing that people treated with faricimab up to every four months achieved non-inferior vision gains compare d to aflibercept given every two months. Notably, about half of eligible faricimab patients were able to go four months between treatments in the first year, and approximately three-quarters could go three months or longer in the TENAYA and LUCERNE nAMD studies and the YOSEMITE and RHINE DME studies . [1,2] The current standard of care for these p...
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