Avacincaptad pegol, sold under the brand name Izervay, is a medication used for the treatment of
age-related macular degeneration
Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the center of the visual field. Early on there are often no symptoms. Some people experien ...
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Avacincaptad pegol is a
complement
Complement may refer to:
The arts
* Complement (music), an interval that, when added to another, spans an octave
** Aggregate complementation, the separation of pitch-class collections into complementary sets
* Complementary color, in the visu ...
inhibitor.
Avacincaptad pegol was approved for medical use in the United States in August 2023.
Medical uses
Avacincaptad pegol is
indicated
In medicine, an indication is a valid reason to use a certain test, medication, procedure, or surgery. There can be multiple indications to use a procedure or medication. An indication can commonly be confused with the term diagnosis. A diagnosis ...
for the treatment of
geographic atrophy
Geographic atrophy (GA), also known as atrophic age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or advanced dry AMD, is an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration that can result in the progressive and irreversible loss of retinal tissue (photore ...
secondary to age-related macular degeneration.
Society and culture
Avacincaptad pegol is the
international nonproprietary name.
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Complement system
Ophthalmology drugs
Nucleic acids
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