Ranibizumab

Chemical formula: C₂₁₅₈H₃₂₈₂N₅₆₂O₆₈₁S₁₂ 

Therapeutic indications

Ranibizumab is indicated for:

Neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Exudative age-related macular degeneration

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Visual impairment due to diabetic macular oedema (DME)

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Visual impairment and additionally Diabetic macular edema

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR)

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Visual impairment due to macular oedema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (branch RVO or central RVO)

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Visual impairment and additionally Macular retinal edema and additionally Thrombosis of retinal vein

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Visual impairment due to choroidal neovascularisation (CNV)

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Visual impairment and additionally Choroidal retinal neovascularization

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)

Population group: only newborns (0 - 40 days old) , infants (40 days - 1 year old)

Ranibizumab is indicated in preterm infants for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) with zone I (stage 1+, 2+, 3 or 3+), zone II (stage 3+) or AP-ROP (aggressive posterior ROP) disease.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Contraindications

Ranibizumab is contraindicated in the following cases:

Ocular or periocular infections

Eye infection

Intraocular inflammation

Uveitis

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