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Lucentis is a specialty medication, which means it's costly and requires more steps than usual in order to get it. We break down the process for you.

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How to get Lucentis

If you've been prescribed Lucentis or are considering it, we'll walk you through what you need to know about this specialty medication.

About Lucentis

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Lucentis (ranibizumab) is used to treat macular degeneration. Lucentis is also available as a biosimilar. Biosimilars are biologic drugs that are similar to the original medication with no meaningful differences in effectiveness or safety. The currently approved biosimliars for Lucentis are cimerli (ranibizumab-eqrn) and byooviz (ranibizumab-nuna). Lucentis may be covered by your Medicare or insurance plan.

With the Patient Assistance Program from Genentech, you can receive your medication at no cost.

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