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. Over time, however, som ...
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Avacincaptad pegol is a
complement
A complement is something that completes something else.
Complement may refer specifically to:
The arts
* Complement (music), an interval that, when added to another, spans an octave
** Aggregate complementation, the separation of pitch-class ...
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 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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