Antitumor Biologics--Strategies for Success in an Expanding Market - Biologics Market Research

Antitumor Biologics--Strategies for Success in an Expanding Market
Published by : Decision Resources, Inc
Pub Time: 2006/09
Price: $1900
Abstract
Introduction
Biological agents are essential tools in cancer treatment, particularly as antitumor drugs. Unsurprisingly, current R&D in this therapeutic area therefore focuses on antitumor agents, predominantly MAbs. While the market is robust-anticancer biologics garnered $9.5 billion in 2005-and expanding, the future for such high-cost drugs is fraught with competitive and fi nancial challenges.
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Monoclonal antibodies, generating $7.3 billion in sales in 2005, have been the most successful class of biological anticancer agents. What does the future hold for anticancer MAbs? Genentech' s Herceptin (trastuzumab) recently traversed a clinical path from approval in a small percentage of breast cancer patients to broader use as an early-stage treatment. How can MAbs and other biologics expand into new indications? How can agents leverage off-label use into new approvals and thus vastly expand sales potential? Third-party payers and patients have expressed concern over the high cost of anticancer biologics, denying off-label use or forgoing treatment altogether. What impact will reimbursement issues have on developing agents? Emerging agents may place pricing pressures on currently marketed antitumor therapies. How can companies protect the value of current agents? What approaches will manufacturers take to ensure that new drugs will be embraced in the clinic?