Iveric Bio Announces FDA Accepts New Drug Application and Grants Priority Review for Avacincaptad Pegol for the Treatment of Geographic Atrophy

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Feb 16, 2023

IVERIC+bio%2C+Inc. (Nasdaq: ISEE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its filing review and accepted the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for avacincaptad pegol (ACP), a novel investigational complement C5 inhibitor for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). The NDA has been granted Priority Review with a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of August 19, 2023. The company also announced that, at this time, the FDA has not identified any potential review issues and the FDA is not currently planning to hold an Advisory Committee meeting for ACP.