To provide a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing non-proliferative
diabetic retinopathy.SOLUTION: A pharmaceutical composition containing VEGF
antagonist to be used in a method for bringing about at least 2 steps of improvement in a
diabetic retinopathy seriousness scale (DRSS) in a patient who has non-proliferative
diabetic retinopathy and needs the composition, where the patient is not suffered from
diabetic macular edema including a central part. The method includes administering approximately 2 mg of VEGF
antagonist being a VEGF
receptor-based chimeric molecule containing: VEGFR1 component including a specific
amino acid sequence; VEGFR2 component including a specific
amino acid sequence; and multimerized component including a specific
amino acid sequence, for 5 times of monthly dosage and subsequent once or more of secondary dosage by every 8 weeks to an eye of the patient by intravitreal injection. The VEGF
antagonist is preferably aflibercept.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1