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Pain Therapeutics: New Times, New Targets

Published by: Drug and Market Development Publishing

Published: Jul. 1, 2006 - 312 Pages


Table of Contents


Chapter 1: Executive Summary

Introduction

Current Status of Pain Therapeutics

Current Status of Pain Therapeutics

Pain Therapy Market Dynamics

Conclusions




Chapter 2: Introduction

Scope and Nature of the Report

Format of the Report




Chapter 3: History of Pain Therapeutics

References




Chapter 4: Current Status of Pain Therapeutics

The Nature of Pain

The Neurophysiology of Pain

Pain Pharmacology Today


NSAIDs

Narcotic Analgesics

Non-Narcotic Analgesics,.Including Anti-Migraine Drugs

Local Anesthetics

Neuropathic Pain Drugs

Non-Pharmacological Pain Therapy


Pain Assessment

Current Pain Management


Post-Surgical Pain

Neuropathic Pain

Cancer Pain

HIV/AIDS Pain

Headache Pain


Cluster Headaches

Migraine Headaches

Tension Headache


Back Pain

Arthritis Pain

Psychogenic Pain




Chapter 5: Current Pain Research and Development

Basic Research Concepts and Tools

Pain Research Methodologies


Animal and Human Models

In Vitro Methods

Genomic Methods


Pain Targets and Compounds


Ion Channel Targets


Sodium Channels

Glutaminergic Channels

Vanilloid Channels

Cholinergic Channels

Other Channels


GPCR Targets


Opioid Receptors

Cannabinoid Receptors

Other GPCR Receptors


Development of Medications Addressing Other Mechanisms


COX-2 Inhibition

Nitric Oxide Synthase Modulators

Therapeutic Antibodies and Peptides

Miscellaneous or Anonymous Mechanisms



References




Chapter 6: Pain Therapy Market Dynamics

General Observations

Strategic Alliances

Pain Drug R&D Survey




Chapter 7: Company Profiles

Abbott Laboratories

Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Adolor Corporation

AstraZeneca

CeNeS Pharmaceuticals plc

Cognetix, Inc

Corgentech Inc

GlaxoSmithKline

GW Pharmaceuticals

Johnson & Johnson

Merck & Co., Inc

NeurogesX, Inc

Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Inc

NeuroTargets Ltd

Novartis

PainCeptor Pharma Corp

Pain Therapeutics, Inc

Pfizer, Inc

Pharmos Corporation

Renovis, Inc

Rinat Neuroscience Corp

Synt:em

Vernalis

VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc

Xenome Ltd

References




Chapter 8: Interviews with Industry Experts

Franz Hefti, Ph D., Executive Vice President, Drug Development, Rinat Neuroscience

Jeffrey S. Mogil, Ph D., E P. Taylor Professor of Pain Studies; Canada Research Chair in Genetics of Pain; Dept. of Psychology and Centre for Research on Pain; McGill University

Corey S. Goodman, Ph D., President, CEO, and Director, Renovis

Remi Barbier, President, CEO, Chairman, Pain Therapeutics, Inc

Neil Kurtz, M D., President and CEO of TorreyPines Therapeutics




Chapter 9: Concluding Comments




Table Of Exhibits

Exhibit 4.1. Categories of Pain

Exhibit 4.2. The Four Processes of Nociception

Exhibit 4.3. Categorization of Analgesics

Exhibit 4.4. Selected NSAIDs Containing Carboxyl Functionality

Exhibit 4.5. Selected NSAIDs Containing Enolic and Phenolic Functionality

Exhibit 4.6. Selected Opioids Categorized by Mode of Action

Exhibit 4.7. Selected Opioids Categorized by Therapeutic Effect

Exhibit 4.8. Descriptive Pain Scale

Exhibit 4.9. Numeric and Analog Pain Scales

Exhibit 4.10.. Hospital Medical Procedures for the Years 1994 and 2003 (in thousands)

Exhibit 4.11. The World Health Organization Three-Step Analgesic Ladder

Exhibit 4.12.. Estimates of Utilization of Increasingly Invasive Therapies in the Alleviation of. Cancer Pain

Exhibit 4.13.. Key Issues in AIDS Pain Assessment

Exhibit 4.14.. Characteristics of Major Headache Types

Exhibit 4.15. Characteristics of Major Low Back Pain Types

Exhibit 5.1. A Typical Neuron

Exhibit 5.2. Interconnected Neurons

Exhibit 5.3. A Neuronal Synapse

Exhibit 5.4. A Generic Representation of Ion Channels

Exhibit 5.5. A Nicotinic Acetylcholine Ligand-gated Ion Channel

Exhibit 5.6. Examples of Ligand-Gated Ion Channels

Exhibit 5.7. Receptors Coupled Through G-Proteins or Other Indirect Means

Exhibit 5.8. Sodium Channel Modulators in Development

Exhibit 5.9. Glutaminergic Channel Modulators in Development

Exhibit 5.10. TRPV Vanilloid Channel Modulators in Development

Exhibit 5.11. Cholinergic Channel Agonists in Development

Exhibit 5.12. Other Ion Channel Modulators in Development

Exhibit 5.13. Pharmacological Actions Corresponding to Opioid Receptors

Exhibit 5.14. Opioid Receptor Modulators in Development

Exhibit 5.15 Cannabinoid Receptor Modulators in Development

Exhibit 5.16. Miscellaneous GPCR Modulators in Development

Exhibit 5.17. COX-2 Inhibitors in Development

Exhibit 5.18. Nitric Oxide Synthase Modulators in Development

Exhibit 5.19. Therapeutic Antibodies and Peptides in Development

Exhibit 5.20. Compounds with Other.(or Not Designated).Mechanisms in Development

Exhibit 6.1. Recent Deal Activity in Pain Therapeutics

Exhibit 6.2. Organization Type of Survey Respondents

Exhibit 6.3.. Position Designations for Survey Respondents,.by Company Type

Exhibit 6.4. Predominant Training Modality for Respondents

Exhibit 6.5. Target Focus for Those in Basic Research or Early Discovery

Exhibit 6.6. Drug Target Family Focus

Exhibit 6.7. Have Newer Methods of Target Discovery Generated a.Pain Target?

Exhibit 6.8. Therapeutic Indications for Compounds in Discovery or Development

Exhibit 6.9. Level of Satisfaction with Neuropathic Pain Animal Models

Exhibit 6.10. Degree of Confidence That One or More Drugs Highly Effective for Neuropathic. Pain Will Enter the Market in Five Years

Exhibit 6.11. Pain Drug Discovery Budget Projections

Exhibit 7.1. GlaxoSmithKline Pain Drug Pipeline, February 2006

Exhibit 7.2. Merck Pain Drug Pipeline,.February 2006

Abstract

D&MD’s new Pain Therapeutics market analysis report focuses on new advances in drug discovery and development. The report provides a background on pain, current therapies and research and development in the area. Profiles of companies with major pain programs include Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, GW Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Pfizer, Vernalis, VistaGen Therapeutics, Xenome and more. In-depth interviews with industry leaders provide specific case studies from both biotech and academia that give a sense of what’s really going on in the trenches.

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