28.06.2024 23:51:06 - dpa-AFX: EQS-Adhoc: FDA grants approval for Eylea®1) biosimilar FYB203/AHZANTIVE®2) (aflibercept-mrbb) (english)

FDA grants approval for Eylea®1) biosimilar FYB203/AHZANTIVE®2)
(aflibercept-mrbb)

EQS-Ad-hoc: Formycon AG / Key word(s): Regulatory Approval
FDA grants approval for Eylea®1) biosimilar FYB203/AHZANTIVE®2)
(aflibercept-mrbb)

28-Jun-2024 / 23:50 CET/CEST
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(EU) No 596/2014

FDA grants approval for Eylea®1) biosimilar FYB203/AHZANTIVE®2)
(aflibercept-mrbb)

Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, 28. June 2024 - Formycon AG (FSE: FYB,
"Formycon") and its licensing partner Klinge Biopharma GmbH ("Klinge")
announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") today approved
FYB203/AHZANTIVE® (aflibercept-mrbb), a biosimilar to Eylea®.

FYB203/AHZANTIVE® obtained FDA approval for the treatment of patients with
neovascular Age-Related (wet) Macular Degeneration (nAMD) and other serious
retinal diseases such as Diabetic Macular Edema (DME), Diabetic Retinopathy
(DR) and Macular Edema following Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO).

The approval for FYB203/AHZANTIVE® is based on a thorough evaluation of a
comprehensive data package including analytical, pre-clinical, clinical and
manufacturing data. FYB203/AHZANTIVE® demonstrated comparable efficacy,
safety, pharmacokinetics and immunogenicity to the reference drug Eylea® in
patients with neovascular Age-Related (wet) Macular Degeneration (nAMD).

1) Eylea® is a registered Trademark of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
2) AHZANTIVE® is a registered Trademark of Klinge Biopharma GmbH

Contact:
Sabrina Müller
Director Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Formycon AG
Fraunhoferstr. 15
82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Germany

phone +49 (0) 89 - 86 46 67 149 | fax + 49 (0) 89 - 86 46 67 110
Sabrina.Mueller@formycon.com // www.formycon.com

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   Language:       English
   Company:        Formycon AG
                   Fraunhoferstraße 15
                   82152 Planegg-Martinsried
                   Germany
   Phone:          089 864667 100
   Fax:            089 864667 110
   Internet:       www.formycon.com
   ISIN:           DE000A1EWVY8
   WKN:            A1EWVY
   Indices:        Scale 30
   Listed:         Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf,
                   Frankfurt (Scale), Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart,
                   Tradegate Exchange
   EQS News ID:    1936195




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1936195 28-Jun-2024 CET/CEST
Name WKN Börse Kurs Datum/Zeit Diff. Diff. % Geld Brief Erster Schluss
FORMYCON AG A1EWVY Xetra 51,900 01.07.24 12:24:20 +0,100 +0,19% 51,700 52,100 53,500 51,800

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