The Psychiatric Disease Pipeline: A Strategic Review

Decision Resources
July 22, 2009
27 Pages - SKU: DECR2406399
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Numbers tell the story in psychiatric disease drug development: almost 300 recognized indications, 28% 12-month prevalence that yields large patient populations, strong 7.5% annual sales growth in recent years, sustained franchise sales, tolerance for use of multiple drugs within a drug class, and a clinical pipeline of more than 150 agents. Given the heterogeneity of the patient populations in the psychiatric disease sector, unmet need and commercial opportunity are high. We explore ways in which companies are using strategic differentiation and novel targets to overcome challenges and tap sales potential.

Scope
  • 2008 market: 2008 sales; leading drug classes; market-leading companies; commercial
  • position of leading agents.
  • Psychiatric disease pipeline: number of agents in development; disease focus; active
  • companies; profi les of GSK and AZ; mechanisms of action; company type; phase analysis; novel formulations versus reformulations.
  • Psychiatric diseases focused on in this report: schizophrenia; depression; anxiety;
  • addiction; attention-defi cit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS).
  • Opportunities in psychiatric diseases: unmet needs of current treatments; treatmentresistant
  • depression; bipolar depression; CIAS; line extensions.
  • Challenges in psychiatric diseases
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