DRG Market Assessment reports

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic intermittent relapsing disorder of the large intestine and rectum. Treatment typically begins with conventional agents (e.g., 5-aminosalicylic acids [5-ASAs])…

Two types of pharmacotherapy are used to treat adult asthma: rescue drugs and maintenance therapies. Rescue drugs are inhaled therapies (e.g., a SABA such as Teva’s ProAir HFA) that treat the…

Metformin and sulfonylureas are the most heavily prescribed type 2 diabetes (T2D) drugs; they dominate the early lines of therapy before disease progression requires insulin replacement. The…

MARKET OUTLOOK First-line treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF) usually involves an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, an oral beta blocker, and an oral diuretic. The addition of…

Although Ofev and Esbriet are welcome options in the treatment armamentarium for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), therapies that can further delay or reverse the disease’s progression,…

Although heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) accounts for approximately half of all chronic heart failure cases and even though our understanding of the disease’s…

The drug market for chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU; previously known as chronic idiopathic urticaria) is dominated by oral medications, including those approved (e.g., first- and second-…

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who are refractory to one or more tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors are generally prescribed a non-TNF-targeted therapy (e.g., Bristol Myers Squibb…

MARKET OUTLOOK Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that is treated chronically with prescription therapies from an array of mechanistically distinct drug…

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment is typically initiated with cost-effective conventional DMARDs (cDMARDs), such as methotrexate or hydroxychloroquine. For patients who fail cDMARD treatment or…

Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis [SSc]) is a rare progressive autoimmune disorder characterized by skin fibrosis, systemic inflammation, and vasculopathy that can manifest as Raynaud’s phenomenon…

MARKET OUTLOOK Intensive insulin regimens have been shown to delay the progression of complications associated with untreated or poorly treated type 1 diabetes (T1D). Therefore, it is…