FDA Schedules Advisory Committee Meeting To Discuss BLA For VEGF Trap-Eye For The Treatment Of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed the company that it has scheduled a Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting to be held on June 17, 2011 to discuss the Company's Biologics License Application (BLA) for VEGF Trap-Eye for the treatment of the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). Under Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, absent special circumstances, all new chemical entities, such as VEGF Trap-Eye, are referred to an advisory committee for review.