Showing posts with label biologic drug market growth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biologic drug market growth. Show all posts

Thursday, December 20, 2012

#UC/Ulcerative Colitis Drug Market (Pharms Producing-TNF alpha inhib, CAM inhibitors)-Expected 2 Dbl Over Next Decade - $3.7B

lol I think i'm going to buy stock in Simponi... why the heck not.
There's almost no risk in this area of the market because it's going to make money.  No question about it.  They market the shit like it's going to be gone tomorrow.  Pharmaceutical companies makes $, but the TNF-alpha inhibitor pharms that produce this kind of drug BANK so much money. It's almost in conceivable.

Why not reap the benefits of this shit??  It's almost stupid not to.   That's my view when I see the stats & dollar amount.  The sales amounts have always just increased.

Keep kickem back!  Please do.  It's so obvious and makes sense that they are. It gives me a much better understanding when i'm sitting in the exam room with my doctor and processing everything he is saying to me.... & why.
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The Ulcerative Colitis Drug Market Will Double Over the Next Decade, Increasing to $3.7 Billion in 2021

Primary Factors that Will Drive Market Growth are the Uptake of Humira, Simponi, Vedolizumab and Tofacitinib, According to Findings from ArticlDecision Resources

December 19, 2012-Burlington, Mass. –Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the ulcerative colitis drug market will double over the next decade, increasing to $3.7 billion in 2021 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan. The uptake of two premium-priced tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors—Abbott/Eisai’s Humira and Janssen/Merck/Mitsubishi Tanabe’s Simponi—and two novel therapies, Takeda’s cell adhesion molecule (CAM) inhibitor vedolizumab and Pfizer’s oral Janus-activated kinase inhibitor tofacitinib, will primarily drive growth during this period, as will the expanding number of diagnosed prevalent cases of ulcerative colitis.

The upcoming Pharmacor advisory service entitled Ulcerative Colitis, which will be published soon, forecasts that increased physician acceptance of TNF-alpha inhibitors for the treatment of moderate to severe disease and patient preference for convenient subcutaneous administration will fuel the uptake of newer TNF-alpha inhibitors Humira and Simponi through the 2021 study period. Simponi, owing to its perceived greater efficacy than that of Humira in separate Phase III trials and favorable gastroenterologist opinion, will challenge intravenous infliximab’s (Janssen/Merck/Mitsubishi Tanabe’s Remicade) standing as the most frequently prescribed agent in the TNF-alpha inhibitor class. However, Remicade will remain the patient-share leader among the TNF-alpha inhibitors, maintaining a relatively constant patient share across the G7 countries, based on its well-established efficacy. Sales of Simponi are expected to overtake Remicade’s sales in 2017 based largely on the former’s premium price and assumed high dosing in ulcerative colitis, driving the market’s growth as the new sales leader.

The launches of two promising premium-priced novel agents, vedolizumab and tofacitinib, in 2014 and starting in 2016 respectively, will contribute to increasing sales over the ten-year forecast period, gaining most initial use in the TNF-refractory population.

“These agents will likely extend the treatment algorithm by offering, for the first time, additional lines of therapy for patients with inadequate response to the TNF-alpha inhibitors,” said Decision Resources Analyst Kathrina Quinn, Ph.D. “Although the TNF-refractory market is relatively limited in size, the high unmet need for treatments that cater to this population and potentially delay or prevent colectomy will drive major-market sales of approximately $740 million in 2021, constituting about 20 percent total market share.”

Towards the end of the forecast period, Decision Resources anticipates that vedolizumab and tofacitinib will begin to overtake adalimumab’s use as gastroenterologists move to another drug class after trying up to two TNF-alpha inhibitors. Even though vedolizumab is expected to launch first, tofacitinib’s uptake will likely overtake that of vedolizumab’s based on the strengths of its oral delivery and postmarketing safety data for other immune indications.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

EvaluatePharma's Report on Future Biologic Sales - Yes, I Almost Puked Again!!

Pretty soon the only option available to treat illnesses; which is in a chemical base, created in a lab, is  going to be biologics.  They calm the symptoms of diseases enough to satisfy and please the patient.  Let's face it, there's a larger percentage of patients that aren't very involved in their treatment the doctors have suggested and end up giving them.  I'm sure there are about 60% or more people that are treated with biologics and have no idea what the dangers of these drugs are. 
Biologics also are HUGE money makers.  That alone is a huge incentive to be driven to produce more of these medications to treat other illnesses.
And the fact that most people who take them, must remain on them makes it all the more profitable. 

Just take a look at the enormous number of clinical trials being conducted!!! Clinical trials aren't cheap in our country, but hey a few million is worth dishing out to get billions in return in sales.
 
Article Highlights

"Surveying Tomorrow's BioPharma Landscape: The NASDAQ Biotech Index Up Close," which shows that the quantity of biologic drugs on the market will likely soar by 2018. A thorough analysis of companies listed on the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI) revealed that while less than 10 percent of these companies' currently marketed products are biologic drugs --"
 "EvaluatePharma's recent report, "World Preview 2018: Embracing the Patent Cliff." Prescription sales from NBI-listed companies are estimated to reach more than $129 billion by 2018, almost double the $74 billion they generated in 2011."
  "Pipeline Points to More Biologics; Growth of Oncology, Anti-Infectives and CNS products: NBI-listed companies have nearly 700 drugs in clinical trials....Access the complete report online. A PDF version is available at www.evaluatepharma.com/NBI2012"

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June 18, 2012, 6:00 a.m. EDT

EvaluatePharma Analysis Provides Insight on Tomorrow's BioPharma Landscape with Close-Up Look at NASDAQ Biotech Index

New report reveals a coming surge of biologics; prescription sales of leading biotech firms expected to top $129 billion by 2018



BOSTON, Jun 18, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- EvaluatePharma(R), the premier source for pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector analysis and consensus forecasts, today released a report, titled "Surveying Tomorrow's BioPharma Landscape: The NASDAQ Biotech Index Up Close," which shows that the quantity of biologic drugs on the market will likely soar by 2018. A thorough analysis of companies listed on the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI) revealed that while less than 10 percent of these companies' currently marketed products are biologic drugs -- pharmaceuticals derived from living organisms -- these products comprise a hefty 40 percent of the companies' drug pipelines. [Note to editors: The report is available for download at www.evaluatepharma.com/NBI2012 .]
The EvaluatePharma report also reveals the diversity of the 117 companies listed on the index, with insights about pipeline development and consensus sales estimates. The analysis points to a growing focus on biologics, including drugs treating cancer, infection and central nervous system diseases.
EvaluatePharma -- the first company to provide reliable consensus forecasts of global drug sales -- developed the report to give investors and the life science community at large a better understanding of the products and trends driving the index.
The NASDAQ Biotech Index is cited all around the world, but rarely do we see a detailed aggregate analysis of these leading, publicly traded biotechnology companies. This analysis provides insight into the breadth and scope of today's products and looks at where this dynamic sector is heading.
Among the report's key takeaways:
-- Industry-Beating Sales Growth: The compound annual sales growth of prescription drugs generated by companies in the NASDAQ Biotech Index is expected to reach 8.3% in the 2011-2018 period -- well above the 3.1% forecasted for the wider pharmaceutical industry as stated in the EvaluatePharma's recent report, "World Preview 2018: Embracing the Patent Cliff." Prescription sales from NBI-listed companies are estimated to reach more than $129 billion by 2018, almost double the $74 billion they generated in 2011.
-- Unexpected Product Winners: By 2018, the highest-selling drug of any NBI-listed company is expected to be Celgene's Revlimid -- a small molecule compound derived from the controversial 1950s drug thalidomide and approved in 2006 to treat a rare cancer. Revlimid's sales could top $6.7 billion by then, with Gilead's newly-acquired Phase II Hepatitis C therapy GS-7977 potentially a close second.
-- Pipeline Points to More Biologics; Growth of Oncology, Anti-Infectives and CNS products: NBI-listed companies have nearly 700 drugs in clinical trials, with 67% of their pipeline focused on cancer, anti-infectives and central nervous system diseases. Biologic drugs make up 42% of the NBI companies' pipelines, compared with only 8% of their marketed products today.
Access the complete report online. A PDF version is available at www.evaluatepharma.com/NBI2012 .
About EvaluatePharma
Since 1996, EvaluatePharma has been the premier source for pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector analysis, delivering exclusive, trusted commercial insight into industry performance through its proprietary platform. EvaluatePharma is staffed by a team of 75 dedicated healthcare analysts employing rigorous methodologies to collate, organize and deliver the most-up-to-date commercial performance data available. An award winning editorial team of journalists writing under the EP Vantage name support EvaluatePharma's analysis, and enable the life science community to make sound business decisions about value and opportunity. For more information please visit www.evaluatepharma.com .
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