Vitiligo is a chronic skin depigmentation disorder characterized by the destruction or loss of function of melanocytes. Its etiology and pathophysiology are not well understood but are believed to…
Postpartum depression (PPD) refers to the depression that some women experience after childbirth. Very few drugs are approved to treat PPD; hence, the drugs used for major depressive disorder (e.g…
The demand for safe and effective obesity treatments is growing as the prevalence of obesity increases and the efficacy of approved and pipeline agents approaches that of bariatric surgery. In…
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the obstruction of a vein caused by a thrombus. It consists of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), depending on the vein affected. Current…
The axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) therapy market includes biologics from two distinct drug classes: tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors (Amgen / Pfizer’s Enbrel, AbbVie’s Humira,…
Gout is a chronic arthritic condition caused by elevated serum uric acid (sUA) and characterized by intermittent acute flares. Treatment of the painful acute flares is distinct from the chronic…
In the last two decades, TNF-α inhibitors (AbbVie’s Humira, Amgen/Pfizer’s Enbrel, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine’s Remicade and Simponi, and UCB’s Cimzia) have transformed the…
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, life-threatening disorder characterized by high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. It is a progressive condition marked by considerable…
The urticaria drug market is dominated by oral medications, including steroids and second-generation, nondrowsy antihistamines, which are prescribed for both chronic inducible urticaria (CIndU) and…
Gout is a painful, systemic inflammatory condition caused by elevated serum uric acid and characterized by intermittent acute flares. Treatment of acute gout flares typically involves NSAIDs,…
Sarcoidosis is a rare inflammatory disease that causes the formation of granulomas—small lumps or nodules. Although it primarily affects the lungs, it can involve multiple organs, including the…
Hormonal agents dominate the treatment landscape for prostate cancer and are routinely used in all lines of therapy. Next-generation hormonal treatments have expanded beyond metastatic castrate-…
Marketed DMTs for multiple sclerosis deliver a high level of efficacy in preventing relapses and relapse-associated worsening of disability (RAW). However, MS patients still experience disability…
Generalized-onset seizures (GOS) simultaneously affect both sides of the brain and rapidly engage bilaterally distributed networks. Nearly 40% of the diagnosed epilepsy population presents with…
Although tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors remain the most widely prescribed biologics for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients refractory to conventional DMARD treatment (the first-…