Friday, May 11, 2012

Diabetes type 2: juicy bite for Big Pharma

From the advertisement:

GlobalData analysis shows that the global type 2 diabetes therapeutics market was worth $23.7 billion in 2011. Between 2002 and 2011, the market grew at a rate of 11.8%. By 2020, the market is expected to be worth $45.1 billion, indicating a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.4% between 2011 and 2020.

The global type 2 diabetes therapeutics market is very attractive and has primarily been driven by the growth in patient volume and the annual cost of therapy. Patient volume has been driven by the increased incidence and prevalence of diabetes and the growth in treatment usage patterns, such as the diseased population, the treatment-seeking population, the diagnosed population and the prescription population. The annual cost of type 2 diabetes therapy was driven by the uptake of newly approved drugs, such as Actos (pioglitazone) and Avandia (rosiglitazone) until 2006 and the launch of new therapies, such as Levemir (insulin detemir), Byetta (exenatide), Januvia (sitagliptin), and Victoza (liraglutide). The annual cost of therapy was also driven by the increased use of multiple drugs per patient and the adoption of combination therapies, such as Actoplusmet (pioglitazone and metformin), Avandamet (rosiglitazone and metformin), Janumet (sitagliptin and metformin) and Duetact (pioglitazone and glimepiride) in the first-line and second-line treatment of type 2 diabetes patients.

Metformin, alone or in combination with other oral agents, has become the standard of care for the first-line treatment of type 2 diabetes patients. Similarly, metformin in combination with DPP4 inhibitors or GLP-1 analogs has become one of the most commonly prescribed treatment options for type 2 diabetes. In 2011, within the countries analyzed in this report (the US, EU5, Japan and BRIC countries), the US was the leading market with an estimated market share of 52.7%. Japan was the second leading market with an approximate market share of 12.8%, closely followed by Germany with an approximate market share of 7.5%. In 2011, Lantus was the leading drug, with approximate sales worth $3.6 billion and a market share of 18%. Januvia/Janumet, the DPP4 inhibitor was the second leading drug, with approximate sales of $3.4 billion and a market share of 17.1%. Actos was the third leading drug, with an approximate sales value of $1.9 billion and a market share of 9.6%.

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