Lucentis

Active Ingredient(s): Ranibizumab
FDA Approved: * June 30, 2006
Pharm Company: * GENENTECH
Category: Vision / Eye Health

* This drug may consist of multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or distributors. If applicable, they would be listed below under "NDC Database Records".

Lucentis Overview

Ranibizumab (trade name Lucentis among others) is a monoclonal antibody fragment (Fab) created from the same parent mouse antibody as bevacizumab. It is an anti-angiogenic that has been approved to treat the "wet" type of age-related macular degeneration (AMD, also ARMD), a common form of age-related vision loss. Its effectiveness is similar to that of bevacizumab.[2][3] Its rates of side effects also appear similar.[4] However, ranibizumab typi...

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NDC Database Records for Lucentis: (2 results)

Sorted by National Drug Code

• 50242-080 Lucentis 10 mg/ml Intravitreal Injection, Solution by Genentech, Inc.
• 50242-082 Lucentis 6 mg/ml Intravitreal Injection, Solution by Genentech, Inc.

Other drugs which contain Ranibizumab or a similar ingredient: (1 result)

• RANIBIZUMAB

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