On 5 June 2025, Formycon announced that Brazil’s ANVISA has granted marketing authorisation for Ranivisio® (FYB201), biosimilar to Genentech’s Lucentis® (ranibizumab). Ranivisio® is the first approved Lucentis® biosimilar in Brazil.
Formycon expects that Ranivisio® will be launched in Brazil in Q4 2025 by its commercialisation partner, Biomm, with a phased market rollout of Ranivisio® to follow across Latin America. Marketing authorisations have previously been granted in Peru, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic and further approvals in Central and South America are planned.
FYB201 was developed by Bioeq (a JV between Formycon and Polpharma Biologics). It has been approved in the UK (in May 2022, marketed as Ongavia® by Teva), in the US (in August 2022, marketed as Cimerli®, to which Sandoz acquired the marketing rights from Coherus in March 2024), the EU (in August 2022, marketed as Ranivisio® by Teva), Canada (in December 2023, marketed as Ranopto™ by Teva) and MENA (marketed as Ravegza® by MS Pharma).