Novartis Back In AMD Game With ‘Potential Blockbuster’ Brolucizumab

Novartis says nAMD eye treatment brolucizumab showed further advantages over Eylea in two Phase III studies, reinforcing plans to file in late 2018 for a commercial launch in 2019.

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Novartis' Brolucizumab Shows Further Advantages In nAMD Trials Versus Aflibercept • Source: Shutterstock

Novartis AG expressed confidence its nAMD eye treatment RTH258 (brolucizumab) would be approved and become a blockbuster after it released further positive Phase III data comparing the novel anti-VEGF treatment to Eylea, using lower dosing which nonetheless showed superiority in key retinal health outcomes.

In results from twin Phase III studies for treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), brolucizumab displayed a potential competitive advantage...

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