The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday it has filed a False Claims Act complaint against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, alleging that the company “fraudulently inflated Medicare reimbursement rates” for its eye therapy Eylea (aflibercept).
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After the company’s investigational eye therapy recently failed two late-stage studies, Kodiak Sciences’ Chief Medical Officer and Chief Development Officer Jason Ehrlich has resigned from his roles.
The decision comes after the company failed to improve vision in two late-stage studies testing its drug against diabetic macular edema.
Citing issues with a third-party contractor, the FDA rejected Regeneron’s regulatory application for a higher-dose regimen of Eylea, the company’s blockbuster eye injection treatment.
The alliance will combine this technology with Boehringer’s research and development expertise to develop a first-in-class treatment for patients with eye diseases, Surrozen announced.
Bayer said on Thursday its anti-blindness treatment Eylea, jointly developed with Regeneron (REGN.O), has been shown to work as well when given at a higher dose at a longer interval between injections.
