On 9 November 2023, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Rimmyrah, intended for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration, visual impairment due to diabetic macular oedema, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, visual impairment due to macular oedema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (branch RVO or central RVO), and visual impairment due to choroidal neovascularisation. The applicant for this medicinal product is QILU PHARMA SPAIN S.L.

Rimmyrah will be available as a 10 mg/ml solution for injection. The active substance of Rimmyrah is ranibizumab, a monoclonal antibody fragment (ATC code: S01LA04) which modulates angiogenesis by inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor A.

Rimmyrah is a biosimilar medicinal product. It is highly similar to the reference product Lucentis (ranibizumab), which was authorised in the EU on 22/01/2007. Data show that Rimmyrah has comparable quality, safety and efficacy to Lucentis (ranibizumab). More information on biosimilar medicines can be found here.

The full indication is:

Rimmyrah is indicated in adults for:

• The treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
• The treatment of visual impairment due to diabetic macular oedema (DME)
• The treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR)
• The treatment of visual impairment due to macular oedema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (branch RVO or central RVO)
• The treatment of visual impairment due to choroidal neovascularisation (CNV).

Rimmyrah must be administered by a qualified ophthalmologist experienced in intravitreal injections.

Detailed recommendations for the use of this product will be described in the summary of product characteristics (SmPC), which will be published in the European public assessment report (EPAR) and made available in all official European Union languages after the marketing authorisation has been granted by the European Commission.