Indications
VEVYE indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. VEVYE (cyclosporine ophthalmic solution) 0.1% is a calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppressant indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. ( 1 )
Contraindications
None. None. ( 4 )
Warnings and precautions
Care should be taken to not touch the eye or other surfaces with the bottle tip to avoid potential for eye injury and/or contamination. ( 5.1 )
5.1Potential for Eye Injury and Contamination
To avoid the potential for eye injury and/or contamination, patients should not touch the bottle tip to the eye or other surfaces.
5.2Use with Contact Lenses
VEVYE should not be administered while wearing contact lenses. If contact lenses are worn, they should be removed prior to administration of the solution. Lenses may be reinserted 15 minutes following administration of VEVYE ophthalmic solution.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
8.1Pregnancy Risk Summary
There are no adequate and well-controlled studies of VEVYE administration in pregnant women to inform a drug-associated risk. Oral administration of cyclosporine to pregnant rats or rabbits did not produce teratogenicity at clinically relevant doses VEVYE doses are approximately 4,700 times lower than recommended oral doses, with blood concentrations being undetectable after topical administration. Data Animal Data Oral administration of cyclosporine oral solution to pregnant rats or rabbits was teratogenic at maternally toxic doses of 30 mg/kg/day in rats and 100 mg/kg/day in rabbits, as indicated by increased pre- and postnatal mortality, reduced fetal weight and skeletal retardations.
These doses (normalized to body weight) were approximately 7,250 and 48,000 times higher than the daily maximum recommended human ophthalmic dose (MRHOD) of 0.67 mcg/kg/day, respectively. No adverse embryofetal effects were observed in rats or rabbits receiving cyclosporine during organogenesis at oral doses up to 17 mg/kg/day or 30 mg/kg/day, respectively (approximately 4,100 and 14,500 times higher than the MRHOD, respectively).
At a glance
- Brand name
- Vevye
- Active substance
- cyclosporine
- Pharmacologic class
- Calcineurin Inhibitor Immunosuppressant
- Route
- Eye
- Dosage form
- Solution
- Applicant
- Harrow Eye
- Status
- Prescription
- FDA approval
- 30 May 2023
- Application
- NDA217469-001



