Until recently, FDA-approved treatments for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) were limited to modestly effective symptomatic agents (e.g., donepezil, memantine), but in 2021, Biogen / Eisai’s Aduhelm (…
The next 10 years will be an exciting time in the type 1 diabetes (T1D) space as the number of treatment options continues to increase. Therapies in the late-phase pipeline represent drug classes…
Beta thalassemia (BT) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the reduced production of hemoglobin. It is caused by a mutation in one hemoglobin beta (HBB) gene (beta thalassemia minor) or a…
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has the potential to be a large and lucrative market for pharmacotherapies owing to the lack of approved agents and the disease’s relatively high prevalence…
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common form of leukemia in adults and has historically been associated with poor five-year overall survival rates. In recent years, the AML treatment…
The asthma market consists of many well-established therapies, including inhaled agents (e.g., GlaxoSmithKline’s Advair / Seretide, AstraZeneca’s Symbicort, Boehringer Ingelheim’s Spiriva),…
The multiple myeloma therapy market continues to grow, fueled by the disease’s increasing incidence and the long treatment durations. The availability of premium-priced branded agents prescribed…
The increasingly crowded RA market boasts many targeted agents representing several different drug classes, including blockbuster TNF-α inhibitors, five non-TNF-α biologics (including the second…
Pancreatic cancer is a notoriously aggressive and hard-to-treat malignancy; the five-year survival rate is around 10%. Treatment options for pancreatic cancer are limited to surgery, radiation, and…
With an increasing prevalence owing to aging populations, the major-market osteoporosis patient pool is large and growing. The combined influence of increased patient numbers and drug launches will…
The gastroesophageal cancer market (including gastric, gastroesophageal junction, and esophageal cancer) is witnessing a substantial change, largely fueled by the entry of immune checkpoint…
The launch of several novel therapies, as well as multiple label expansions of premium-priced agents, will fuel significant growth of the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma / chronic lymphocytic leukemia…
The rising rates of antimicrobial resistance have created an urgent need for antibiotics with activity against drug-resistant gram-negative pathogens (GNPs). Antibiotics such as carbapenems, which…
Major depressive disorder is a chronic drug-treated condition, and treatment of it is ingrained with generic therapies. However, many of these therapies suffer from shortcomings in efficacy and/or…
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood malignancy and accounts for about 20% of cases of acute leukemia in adults. Chemotherapy has remained the backbone of first-line…