Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a condition involving inflammation of the glomerulus, which plays an important role in the filtration of blood into the kidney. If the glomerulus becomes inflamed and…
Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common liver cancers and has a five-year survival rate of only 18%. China represents more than half of all diagnosed cases of liver cancer worldwide. The…
Clarivate Epidemiology’s coverage of bipolar disorder (BPD) comprises epidemiological estimates of key patient populations in the major mature pharmaceutical markets (United States, France,…
Hypertension is one of the most common medical conditions in the world, and in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 116 million people have it. A wide…
Several therapies from a range of drug classes are available to address the symptoms of narcolepsy; these symptoms include excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and cataplexy. Despite the availability…
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…
The chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) drug-treatment market is dominated by BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors, notably imatinib (Novartis’s Gleevec; generics); these agents enable many CML patients…
The prevalence of HBV is a major public health concern in China. Patients chronically infected with HBV are at high risk of developing hepatic cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The majority…
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease caused by any one of the more than 2,000 mutations identified in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene; such mutations lead…
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic immune-mediated disease of the nervous system, is classified as a rare disease in China because of its low prevalence in that country. Traditionally, MS patients…
Hyperkalemia is a potentially life-threatening condition in which serum potassium concentration exceeds 5.5 mEq/L. Despite various guidelines, no accepted consensus exists for the management of…