Roche : Eye Drug Faricimab Meets Primary Endpoint

By Cecilia Butini

Roche Holding AG said Monday that its eye treatment Faricimab met its primary endpoint in two phase 3 studies.

The Swiss pharmaceutical major said the studies evaluated the drug--an investigational bispecific antibody--in people with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. They showed that people receiving Faricimab injections at intervals of up to 16 weeks achieved noninferior visual acuity outcomes compared with use of a different drug.

The company said Faricimab was generally well tolerated and didn't present new or unexpected safety signals.

The two studies were Tenaya and Lucerne, Roche said.

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