FDA clears Roche’s Susvimo implant for eye disease wet AMD

Roche’s Genentech unit has won FDA approval for Susvimo, an implant for eyesight-robbing disease wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that gives patients an alternative to regular injections into the eye.

Susvimo has the same active ingredient as Roche’s big-selling therapy Lucentis (ranibizumab), a VEGF inhibitor administered once a month that has been approved by the FDA since 2006 for wet AMD.