Treatment of unresectable locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer has remained relatively unchanged since the early 1990s; chemotherapy regimens are still the mainstay of treatment. However…
NASH has the potential to be a large and lucrative therapy market owing to the prevalence of the disease and the lack of approved agents. Patients with NASH are at risk of liver fibrosis,…
Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN), a subset of diabetic neuropathy; affects approximately seven million people in the United States and major European markets. The primary goal of treating PDN is…
The lucrative EU5 rheumatoid arthritis market is dominated by biologics, including five tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitors and four biologics with alternative mechanisms of action. The TNF…
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, pruritic inflammatory skin disease that usually affects children but can persist or start in adulthood. For many years, the treatment landscape has remained…
Market Outlook Therapeutic options for gastroesophageal cancer are limited, with only two targeted agents approved for the treatment of gastric and GEJ adenocarcinoma (neither agent is approved…
Chronic myeloid leukemia is a slow progressive tumor, characterized by different phases of disease (chronic, accelerated, and blast). Treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia is dominated by oral BCR-…
Immune checkpoint inhibitors continue to revolutionize the treatment of a wide range of solid-tumor and hematological malignancies, with a growing list of approvals and label expansions. The Immune…
Hormonal therapy is the mainstay of prostate cancer, in all stages of disease and clinical settings. The adoption of novel hormonal agents, Zytiga (Johnson & Johnson/Janssen) and Xtandi (Pfizer/…
Despite the extensive armamentarium of chronic pain therapies, which is increasingly subject to generic competition, the chronic pain market continues to represent a notable commercial…
NSCLC is one of the most dynamic indications in oncology. In the United States, the FDAapproved six new therapies for NSCLC in 2015 and, in 2016, granted approval to Tecentriq (Roche/Genentech…
Dermatologists have many years of experience with the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors Humira (AbbVie) and Enbrel (Pfizer) as first-line biologics for the treatment of psoriasis…
IBS-D is a highly prevalent disorder regularly encountered in general practice that is marked by excessive defecation and abdominal pain/discomfort. Currently, its etiology and pathophysiology are…
Following the European Medicines Agency’s approvals of the PDE-4 inhibitor Otezla and the IL-17 inhibitor Cosentyx for psoriatic arthritis (PsA), treatment of this disease in the EU5 has begun to…
The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors have set a high clinical standard for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) that is challenging for emerging therapies to surpass. However, several…