VABYSMO Solution for injection Ref.[50239] Active ingredients: Faricimab

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2022  Publisher: Roche Registration GmbH, Emil-Barell-Strasse 1, Grenzach-Wyhlen, 79639, Germany

5.1. Pharmacodynamic properties

Pharmacotherapeutic group: Ophthalmologicals, antineovascularisation agents
ATC code: S01LA09

Mechanism of action

Faricimab is a humanised bispecific immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) antibody that acts through inhibition of two distinct pathways by neutralisation of both angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A).

Ang-2 causes vascular instability by promoting endothelial destabilisation, pericyte loss, and pathological angiogenesis, thus potentiating vascular leakage and inflammation. It also sensitises blood vessels to the activity of VEGF-A resulting in further vascular destabilisation. Ang-2 and VEGF-A synergistically increase vascular permeability and stimulate neovascularisation.

By dual inhibition of Ang-2 and VEGF-A, faricimab reduces vascular permeability and inflammation, inhibits pathological angiogenesis and restores vascular stability.

Pharmacodynamic effects

A suppression from baseline of median ocular free Ang-2 and free VEGF-A concentrations was observed from day 7 onwards in the four Phase III studies described hereafter.

nAMD

In TENAYA and LUCERNE, objective, pre-specified visual and anatomic criteria, as well as treating physician clinical assessment, were used to guide treatment decisions at the disease activity assessment time points (week 20 and week 24).

Reductions in mean central subfield thickness (CST) were observed from baseline through to week 48 with faricimab, and were comparable to those observed with aflibercept. The mean CST reduction from baseline through the primary endpoint visits (averaged at weeks 40-48) was -137 µm and -137 µm for faricimab dosed up to every 16 weeks (Q16W) versus -129 µm and -131 µm with aflibercept, in TENAYA and LUCERNE, respectively.

At week 48, in both studies there was a comparable effect of faricimab and aflibercept on the reduction of IRF, SRF, and pigment epithelial detachment (PED). There were also comparable changes in total CNV lesion area and reductions in CNV leakage area from baseline for patients in the faricimab and aflibercept treatment arms.

DME

In YOSEMITE and RHINE, anatomic parameters related to macular oedema were part of the disease activity assessments guiding treatment decisions.

The mean CST reduction from baseline at the primary endpoint visits (averaged at weeks 48-56) was numerically greater than those observed with aflibercept, with -207 µm and -197 µm in patients treated with faricimab Q8W and faricimab up to Q16W adjustable dosing as compared to -170 µm in aflibercept Q8W patients in YOSEMITE; results were 196 µm, 188 µm and 170 µm, respectively in RHINE. Consistent reductions in CST were observed through Year 2. Greater proportions of patients in both faricimab arms achieved absence of IRF and absence of DME (defined as reaching CST below 325 µm) over time through year 2 as compared to aflibercept in both studies.

Clinical efficacy and safety

nAMD

The safety and efficacy of faricimab were assessed in two randomised, multi-centre, double-masked, active comparator-controlled, 2-year non-inferiority studies in patients with nAMD, TENAYA and LUCERNE. A total of 1,329 patients were enrolled in these and 1,326 patients received at least one dose (664 with faricimab). Patient ages ranged from 50 to 99 years with a mean [standard deviation; SD] of 75.9 [8.6] years.

In both studies, patients were randomised in a 1:1 ratio to one of two treatment arms:

  • Faricimab 6 mg up to Q16W after four initial monthly doses
  • Aflibercept 2 mg Q8W after three initial monthly doses

After the first four monthly doses (weeks 0, 4, 8, and 12) patients randomised to the faricimab arm received Q16W, every 12 weeks (Q12W) or Q8W dosing based on an assessment of disease activity at weeks 20 and 24, using objective pre-specified visual and anatomic criteria as well as treating physician clinical assessment. Patients remained on these fixed dosing intervals until week 60 without supplemental therapy.

Results

Both studies showed efficacy in the primary endpoint, defined as the mean change from baseline in BCVA when averaged over the week 40, 44, and 48 visits and measured by the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) letter score (Table 2). In both studies, faricimab up to Q16W treated patients had a non-inferior mean change from baseline in BCVA, as the patients treated with aflibercept Q8W. Improvements from baseline BCVA at week 48 are shown in Figure 1.

The proportion of patients on each of the different treatment intervals at week 48 in TENAYA and LUCERNE respectively was:

  • Q16W, 46% and 45%
  • Q12W, 34% and 33%
  • Q8W, 20% and 22%

Table 2. Efficacy outcomes at the primary endpoint visitsa in TENAYA and LUCERNE:

Efficacy Outcomes TENAYA LUCERNE
Faricimab up to
Q16W
N=334
Aflibercept
Q8W
N=337
Faricimab up to
Q16W
N=331
Aflibercept
Q8W
N=327
Mean change in BCVA as
measured by ETDRS letter
score from baseline (95% CI)
5.8
(4.6, 7.1)
5.1
(3.9, 6.4)
6.6
(5.3, 7.8)
6.6
(5.3, 7.8)
Difference in LS mean
(95% CI)
0.7
(-1.1, 2.5)
 0.0
(-1.7, 1.8)
 
Proportion of patients with ≥15
letter gain from baseline
(CMH weighted proportion,
95% CI)
20.0%
(15.6%, 24.4%)
15.7%
(11.9%, 19.6%)
20.2%
(15.9%, 24.6%)
22.2%
(17.7%, 26.8%)
Difference in CMH
weighted % (95% CI)
4.3%
(-1.6%, 10.1%)
 -2.0%
(-8.3%, 4.3%)
 
Proportion of patients
avoiding ≥15 letter loss from
baseline (CMH weighted
proportion, 95% CI)
95.4%
(93.0%, 97.7%)
94.1%
(91.5%, 96.7%)
95.8%
(93.6%, 98.0%)
97.3%
(95.5%, 99.1%)
Difference in CMH
weighted % (95% CI)
1.3%
(-2.2%, 4.8%)
 -1.5%
(-4.4%, 1.3%)
 

a Average of weeks 40, 44 and 48
BCVA: Best Corrected Visual Acuity
ETDRS: Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study
CI: Confidence Interval
LS: Least Square
CMH: Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel method; a statistical test that generates an estimate of an association with a binary outcome and is used for assessment of categorical variables.

Figure 1. Mean change in visual acuity from baseline to week 48; combined data from TENAYA and LUCERNE studies:

In both TENAYA and LUCERNE, improvements from baseline in BCVA and CST at week 60 were comparable across the two treatment arms and consistent with those seen at week 48.

Efficacy results in all evaluable subgroups (e.g. age, gender, race, baseline visual acuity, lesion type, lesion size) in each study, and in the pooled analysis, were consistent with the results in the overall populations.

Across studies, faricimab up to Q16W showed improvement in pre-specified efficacy endpoint of mean change from baseline to week 48 in the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) composite score that was comparable to aflibercept Q8W, and exceeded the threshold of 4 points. The magnitude of these changes corresponds to a 15-letter gain in BCVA.

The incidence of ocular adverse events in the study eye was 38.3% and 37.2% and non-ocular adverse events was 52.1% and 54.8%, through Week 48 in the faricimab and aflibercept arms, respectively (see section 4.4 and 4.8).

DME

The safety and efficacy of faricimab were assessed in two randomised, multi-centre, double-masked, active comparator-controlled 2-year non-inferiority studies (YOSEMITE and RHINE) in patients with DME. A total of 1,891 patients were enrolled in the two studies with 1,622 (86%) patients completing the studies through week 100. A total of 1,887 patients were treated with at least one dose through week 56 (1,262 with faricimab). Patient ages ranged from 24 to 91 with a mean [SD] of 62.2 [9.9] years. The overall population included both anti-VEGF naive patients (78%) and patients who had been previously treated with a VEGF inhibitor prior to study participation (22%). In both studies, patients were randomised in a 1:1:1 ratio to one of the three treatment regimens:

  • Faricimab 6 mg Q8W after the first 6 monthly doses.
  • Faricimab 6 mg up to Q16W adjustable dosing administered in 4, 8, 12 or 16-week intervals after the first 4 monthly doses.
  • Aflibercept 2 mg Q8W after the first 5 monthly doses.

In the Q16W adjustable dosing arm, the dosing followed a standardised treat-and-extend approach. The interval could be increased in 4-week increments or decreased in 4- or 8-week increments based on anatomic and/or visual outcomes, using data obtained only at study drug dosing visits.

Results

Both studies showed efficacy in the primary endpoint, defined as the mean change from baseline in BCVA at year 1 (average of the week 48, 52, and 56 visits), measured by the ETDRS Letter Score. In both studies, faricimab up to Q16W treated patients had a non-inferior mean change from baseline in BCVA, as the patients treated with aflibercept Q8W at year 1, and these vision gains were maintained through year 2. Detailed results of both studies are shown in Table 3, Table 4, and Figure 2 below.

After 4 initial monthly doses, the patients in the faricimab up to Q16W adjustable dosing arm could have received between the minimum of 6 and the maximum of 21 total injections through week 96. At week 52, 74% and 71% of patients in the faricimab up to Q16W adjustable dosing arm achieved a Q16W or Q12W dosing interval in YOSEMITE and RHINE, respectively (53% and 51% on Q16W, 21% and 20% on Q12W). Of these patients, 75% and 84% maintained ≥ Q12W dosing without an interval reduction below Q12W through week 96; of the patients on Q16W at week 52, 70% and 82% of patients maintained Q16W dosing without an interval reduction through week 96 in YOSEMITE and RHINE, respectively. At week 96, 78% of patients in the faricimab up to Q16W adjustable dosing arm achieved a Q16W or Q12W dosing interval in both studies (60% and 64% on Q16W, 18% and 14% on Q12W). 4% and 6% of patients were extended to Q8W and stayed on ≤ Q8W dosing intervals through week 96; 3% and 5% received only Q4W dosing in YOSEMITE and RHINE, respectively.

Detailed results from the analyses of YOSEMITE and RHINE studies are listed in Table 3, Table 4, and Figure 2 below.

Table 3. Efficacy outcomes at the year 1 primary endpoint visitsa and at year 2b in YOSEMITE:

Efficacy Outcomes YOSEMITE
Year 1 Year 2
Faricimab
Q8W
N=315
Faricimab
up to Q16W
adjustable
dosing
N=313
Aflibercept
Q8W
N=312
Faricimab
Q8W
N=262
Faricimab up
to Q16W
adjustable
dosing
N=270
Aflibercept
Q8W
N=259
Mean change in BCVA as
measured by ETDRS
letter score from baseline
(97.5% CI year 1 and 95%
CI year 2)
10.7
(9.4, 12.0)
11.6
(10.3, 12.9)
10.9
(9.6, 12.2)
10.7
(9.4, 12.1)
10.7
(9.4, 12.1)
11.4
(10.0, 12.7)
Difference in LS mean
(97.5% CI year 1, 95% CI
year 2)
-0.2
(-2.0, 1.6)
0.7
(-1.1, 2.5)
 -0.7
(-2.6, 1.2)
-0.7
(-2.5, 1.2)
 
Proportion of patients who
gained at least 15 letters in
BCVA from baseline
(CMH weighted
proportion, 95% CI year 1
and year 2)
29.2%
(23.9%,
34.5%)
35.5%
(30.1%,
40.9%)
31.8%
(26.6%,
37.0%)
37.2%
(31.4%,
42.9%)
38.2%
(32.8%,
43.7%)
37.4%
(31.7%,
43.0%)
Difference in CMH
weighted % (95% CI year
1 and year 2)
-2.6%
(-10.0%,
4.9%)
3.5%
(-4.0%,
11.1%)
 -0.2%
(-8.2%,
7.8%)
0.2%
(-7.6%,
8.1%)
 
Proportion of patients who
avoided loss of at least 15
letters in BCVA from
baseline (CMH weighted
proportion, 95% CI year 1
and year 2)
98.1%
(96.5%,
99.7%)
98.6%
(97.2%,
100.0%)
98.9%
(97.6%,
100.0%)
97.6%
(95.7%,
99.5%)
97.8%
(96.1%,
99.5%)
98.0%
(96.2%,
99.7%)
Difference in CMH
weighted % (95% CI year
1 and year 2)
-0.8%
(-2.8%,
1.3%)
-0.3%
(-2.2%,
1.5%)
 -0.4%
(-2.9%,
2.2%)
-0.2%
(-2.6%, 2.2%)
 

a Average of weeks 48, 52, 56; b Average of weeks 92, 96, 100
BCVA: Best Corrected Visual Acuity
ETDRS: Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study
LS: Least Square
CI: Confidence Interval
CMH: Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel method; a statistical test that generates an estimate of an association with a binary outcome and is used for assessment of categorical variables.
Note: CMH weighted % for aflibercept arm presented for faricimab Q8W vs. aflibercept comparison, however the corresponding CMH weighted % for faricimab adjustable vs. aflibercept comparison is similar to the one shown above.

Table 4. Efficacy outcomes at the year 1 primary endpoint visitsa and at year 2b in RHINE:

Efficacy Outcomes RHINE
Year 1 Year 2
Faricimab
Q8W
N=317
Faricimab
up to Q16W
adjustable
dosing
N=319
Aflibercept
Q8W
N=315
Faricimab
Q8W
N=259
Faricimab up
to Q16W
adjustable
dosing
N=282
Aflibercept
Q8W
N=254
Mean change in BCVA
as measured by ETDRS
letter score from baseline
(97.5% CI year 1 and
95% CI year 2)
11.8
(10.6,
13.0)
10.8
(9.6, 11.9)
10.3
(9.1, 11.4)
10.9
(9.5, 12.3)
10.1
(8.7, 11.5)
9.4
(7.9, 10.8)
Difference in LS mean
(97.5% CI year 1, 95%
CI year 2)
1.5
(-0.1, 3.2)
0.5
(-1.1, 2.1)
 1.5
(-0.5, 3.6)
0.7
(-1.3, 2.7)
 
Proportion of patients
who gained at least 15
letters in BCVA from
baseline (CMH weighted
proportion, 95% CI year
1 and year 2)
33.8%
(28.4%,
39.2%)
28.5%
(23.6%,
33.3%)
30.3%
(25.0%,
35.5%)
39.8%
(34.0%,
45.6%)
31.1%
(26.1%,
36.1%)
39.0%
(33.2%,
44.8%)
Difference in CMH
weighted % (95% CI
year 1 and year 2)
3.5%
(-4.0%,
11.1%)
-2.0%
(-9.1%,
5.2%)
 0.8%
(-7.4%,
9.0%)
-8%

(-15.7%,
-0.3%)
 
Proportion of patients
who avoided loss of at
least 15 letters in BCVA
from baseline (CMH
weighted proportion,
95% CI year 1 and year 2)
98.9%
(97.6%,
100.0%)
98.7%
(97.4%,
100.0%)
98.6%
(97.2%,
99.9%)
96.6%
(94.4%,
98.8%)
96.8%
(94.8%,
98.9%)
97.6%
(95.7%,
99.5%)
Difference in CMH
weighted % (95% CI
year 1 and year 2)
0.3%
(-1.6%,
2.1%)
0.0%
(-1.8%,
1.9%)
 -1.0%
(-3.9%,
1.9%)
-0.7%
(-3.5%, 2.0%)
 

Figure 2. Mean change in visual acuity from baseline to year 2 (week 100); combined data from YOSEMITE and RHINE studies:

Efficacy results in patients who were anti-VEGF treatment naive prior to study participation and in all the other evaluable subgroups (e.g. by age, gender, race, baseline HbA1c, baseline visual acuity) in each study were consistent with the results in the overall populations.

Across studies, faricimab Q8W and up to Q16W adjustable dosing showed improvements in the prespecified efficacy endpoint of mean change from baseline to week 52 in the NEI VFQ-25 composite score that was comparable to aflibercept Q8W and exceeded the threshold of 4 points. Faricimab Q8W and up to Q16W adjustable dosing also demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements in the prespecified efficacy endpoint of change from baseline to week 52 in the NEI VFQ-25 near activities, distance activities, and driving scores, that were comparable to aflibercept Q8W. The magnitude of these changes corresponds to a 15-letter gain in BCVA. Comparable proportions of patients treated with faricimab Q8W, faricimab up to Q16W adjustable dosing, and aflibercept Q8W experienced a clinically meaningful improvement of ≥4-points from baseline to week 52 in the NEI VFQ-25 composite score, a pre-specified efficacy endpoint. These results were maintained at week 100.

An additional key efficacy outcome in DME studies was the change in the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Scale (ETDRS-DRSS) from baseline to week 52. Of the 1,891 patients enrolled in Studies YOSEMITE and RHINE, 708 and 720 patients were evaluable for DR endpoints.

The ETDRS-DRSS scores ranged from 10 to 71 at baseline.

The majority of patients, approximately 60%, had moderate to severe non-proliferative DR (DRSS 43/47/53) at baseline.

The proportion of patients who achieved ≥2-step and ≥3-step improvement from baseline in ETDRSDRSS at week 52 and at week 96 are shown in Table 5 and Table 6 below.

Table 5. Proportion of patients who achieved ≥2-step and ≥3-step improvement from baseline in ETDRS-DRSS score at week 52 and at week 96 in YOSEMITE (DR evaluable population):

 YOSEMITE
52 Weeks 96 Weeks
Faricimab
Q8W
n=237
Faricimab
up to Q16W
adjustable
dosing
n=242
Aflibercept
Q8W
n=229
Faricimab
Q8W
n=220
Faricimab up
to Q16W
adjustable
dosing
n=234
Aflibercept
Q8W
n=221
Proportion of patients
with ≥ 2-step ETDRSDRSS improvement
from baseline
(CMH weighted
proportion)
46.0% 42.5% 35.8% 51.4% 42.8% 42.2%
Weighted Difference
(97.5% CI year 1, 95%
year 2)
10.2%
(1.6%,
18.7%)
6.1%
(-2.4%,
14.6%)
 9.1%
(0.0%,
18.2%)
0.0%
(-8.9%,
8.9%)
 
Proportion of patients
with ≥ 3-step ETDRS-
DRSS improvement
from baseline (CMH
weighted proportion)
16.8% 15.5% 14.7% 22.4% 14.6% 20.9%
Weighted Difference
(95% CI year 1 and
year 2)
2.1%
(-4.3%,
8.6%)
0.6%
(-5.8%,
6.9%)
 1.5%
(-6.0%,
9.0%)
-6.7%
(-13.6%,
0.1%)
 

ETDRS-DRSS: Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Scale
CI: Confidence Interval
CMH: Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel method; a statistical test that generates an estimate of an association with a binary outcome and is used for assessment of categorical variables.
Note: CMH weighted % for aflibercept arm presented for faricimab Q8W vs. aflibercept comparison, however the corresponding CMH weighted % for faricimab adjustable vs. aflibercept comparison is similar to the one shown above.

Table 6. Proportion of patients who achieved ≥2-step and ≥3-step improvement from baseline in ETDRS-DRSS score at week 52 and at week 96 in RHINE (DR evaluable population):

 RHINE
52 Weeks 96 Weeks
Faricimab
Q8W
n=231
Faricimab
up to Q16W
adjustable
dosing
n=251
Aflibercept
Q8W
n=238
Faricimab
Q8W
n=214
Faricimab up
to Q16W
adjustable
dosing
n=228
Aflibercept
Q8W
n=203
Proportion of patients
with ≥ 2-step ETDRSDRSS improvement
from baseline (CMH
weighted proportion)
44.2% 43.7% 46.8% 53.5% 44.3% 43.8%
Weighted Difference
(97.5% CI year 1, 95%
year 2)
-2.6%
(-11.3%,
6.2%)
-3.5%
(-12.1%,
5.1%)
 9.7%
(0.4%,
19.1%)
0.3%
(-8.9%,
9.5%)
 
Proportion of patients
with ≥ 3-step ETDRSDRSS improvement
from baseline (CMH
weighted proportion)
16.7% 18.9% 19.4% 25.1% 19.3% 21.8%
Weighted Difference
(95% CI year 1 and
year 2)
-0.2%
(-5.8%,
5.3%)
-1.1%
(-8.0%,
5.9%)
 3.3%
(-4.6%,
11.3%)
-2.7%
(-10.2%,
4.8%)
 

ETDRS-DRSS: Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Scale
CI: Confidence Interval
CMH: Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel method; a statistical test that generates an estimate of an association with a binary outcome and is used for assessment of categorical variables.
Note: CMH weighted % for aflibercept arm presented for Faricimab Q8W vs. aflibercept comparison, however the corresponding CMH weighted % for Faricimab adjustable vs. aflibercept comparison is similar to the one shown above.

Treatment effects in evaluable subgroups (e.g. by previous anti-VEGF treatment, age, gender, race, baseline HbA1c, and baseline visual acuity) in each study were generally consistent with the results in the overall population.

Treatment effects in subgroups by DR severity at baseline were different and showed the greatest ≥2-step DRSS improvements among patients with moderately severe and severe non-proliferative DR with approximately 90% of patients achieving improvements consistently across all treatment arms in both studies.

The incidence of ocular adverse events in the study eye was 49.7%, 49.2% and 45.4% and non-ocular adverse events was 73.0%, 74.2%, and 75.7% through Week 100, in the faricimab Q8W, faricimab up to Q16W, and aflibercept Q8W arms, respectively (see section 4.4 and 4.8).

Paediatric population

The European Medicines Agency has waived the obligation to submit the results of studies with faricimab in all subsets of the paediatric population in nAMD and DME (see section 4.2 for information on paediatric use).

5.2. Pharmacokinetic properties

Faricimab is administered intravitreally to exert local effects in the eye.

Absorption and distribution

Based on a population pharmacokinetic analysis (including nAMD and DME N=2,246), maximum free (unbound to VEGF-A and Ang-2) faricimab plasma concentrations (Cmax) are estimated to occur approximately 2 days post-dose. Mean (±SD [standard deviation]) plasma Cmax are estimated 0.23 (0.07) µg/mL and 0.22 (0.07) µg/mL respectively in nAMD and in DME patients. After repeated administrations, mean plasma free faricimab trough concentrations are predicted to be 0.002-0.003 µg/mL for Q8W dosing.

Faricimab exhibited dose-proportional pharmacokinetics (based on Cmax and AUC) over the dose range 0.5 mg-6 mg. No accumulation of faricimab was apparent in the vitreous or in plasma following monthly dosing.

Maximum plasma free faricimab concentrations are predicted to be approximately 600 and 6000-fold lower than in aqueous and vitreous humour respectively. Therefore, systemic pharmacodynamic effects are unlikely, further supported by the absence of significant changes in free VEGF and Ang-2 concentration in plasma upon faricimab treatment in clinical studies.

Population pharmacokinetic analysis has shown an effect of age and body weight on ocular or systemic pharmacokinetics of faricimab respectively. Both effects were considered not clinically meaningful; no dose adjustment is needed.

Biotransformation and elimination

Faricimab is a protein-based therapeutic hence its metabolism and elimination have not been fully characterised. Faricimab is expected to be catabolised in lysosomes to small peptides and amino acids, which may be excreted renally, in a similar manner to the elimination of endogenous IgG.

The faricimab plasma concentration-time profile declined in parallel with the vitreous and aqueous concentration-time profiles. The estimated mean ocular half-life and apparent systemic half-life of faricimab is 7.5 days.

Special populations

Elderly

In the four Phase III clinical studies, approximately 60% (1,149/1,929) of patients randomised to treatment with faricimab were ≥65 years of age. Population pharmacokinetic analysis has shown an effect of age on ocular pharmacokinetics of faricimab. The effect was considered not clinically meaningful. No dose adjustment is required in patients 65 years and above (see section 4.2).

Renal impairment

No specific studies in patients with renal impairment have been conducted with faricimab. Pharmacokinetic analysis of patients in the four Phase III clinical studies of which 64% had renal impairment (mild 38%, moderate 24%, and severe 2%), revealed no differences with respect to systemic pharmacokinetics of faricimab after intravitreal administration of faricimab. No dose adjustment is required in patients with renal impairment (see section 4.2).

Hepatic impairment

No specific studies in patients with hepatic impairment have been conducted with faricimab. However, no special considerations are needed in this population because metabolism occurs via proteolysis and does not depend on hepatic function. No dose adjustment is required in patients with hepatic impairment (see section 4.2).

Other special populations

The systemic pharmacokinetics of faricimab are not influenced by race. Gender was not shown to have a clinically relevant influence on systemic pharmacokinetics of faricimab. No dose adjustment is needed.

5.3. Preclinical safety data

No studies have been conducted on the carcinogenic or mutagenic potential of faricimab.

In pregnant cynomolgus monkeys, IV injections of faricimab resulting in serum exposure (Cmax) more than 500-times the maximum human exposure did not elicit developmental toxicity or teratogenicity, and had no effect on weight or structure of the placenta, although, based on its pharmacological effect faricimab should be regarded as potentially teratogenic and embryo-/foetotoxic.

Systemic exposure after ocular administration of faricimab is very low.

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