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Pipeline and Commercial Insight: Influenza Vaccines - Pandemic threat revitalizes the sector

Published by: Datamonitor

Published: Apr. 6, 2007 - 245 Pages


Table of Contents


ABOUT DATAMONITOR HEALTHCARE

About the Infectious Diseases Pharmaceutical Analysis team



CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Scope of the analysis

Datamonitor insight into the influenza vaccine market

Key metrics

Datamonitor Pipeline Assessment Summary



CHAPTER 2 EPIDEMIOLOGY

Incidence

Risk groups

Transmission and symptoms

Diagnosis

Virus subtypes

Prevention and treatment

Vaccination prevents influenza infection

Antivirals can provide symptom relief and accelerate recovery

Antigenic shift and drift

Seasonal influenza epidemics

Influenza pandemics

Recent pandemics - fearsome lessons

Current pandemic status - waiting for the wave

H5N1 - the next pandemic virus?

Pandemic scenario - dramatic outlook for public health and economy

Preparing for disaster - national and international pandemic planning



CHAPTER 3 MARKET DEFINITION AND OVERVIEW

Market size and growth estimates

Current vaccine classes

Trivalent inactivated vaccines

Life-attenuated influenza vaccines

Vaccine manufacturing

Egg-based manufacturing is lengthy and inflexible

Cell-based manufacturing would offer big advantages

MDCK (Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells)

Vero cells

Per.C6 cells

Although highly promising, cell culture-based manufacturing still needs further development

Influenza vaccine supply - a yearly gamble

The number of vaccine manufacturers is fluctuating

Manufacturing capacities are expanding, but still not sufficient to meet global needs

Manufacturing problems can have a dramatic impact - the Chiron case

Influenza vaccine demand fluctuates considerably and is hard to predict

Time shifts between supply and vaccination schedules lead to fading demand as the flu season progresses

Changes in recommendations and subjective perception of risk have a significant impact on demand

Vaccination coverage rates vary among countries

Complex distribution pathways can delay timely vaccine supply

Country analysis

US - actively encouraging increased vaccination and influenza research

Pull - enlarging the national market size

Push - supporting the entry of additional products and suppliers

EU5 - slowly waking up to the influenza challenge

A European Influenza Task Force could improve co-ordination between European countries and the industry

Flu vaccines are cheaper in Europe than in the US

Reimbursement policies favor risk groups

Japan - low awareness and distrust hamper vaccine uptake

Japan has a low vaccination coverage due to low awareness and unfavorable reimbursement rates

Pandemic preparedness is a central concern of the Japanese government

Unmet needs in influenza vaccines

Pandemic vaccines could moderate the impact of a flu pandemic

Extending of manufacturing capacities would guarantee sufficient vaccine supply

Adjuvants could lead to better efficacy of vaccines in the elderly and reduce the amount of antigen needed for immunization

Faster manufacturing techniques would make vaccine production more flexible

Universal vaccines could eliminate the need for yearly updates

Needle-free administration methods would make vaccination more convenient



CHAPTER 4 CURRENT PLAYERS AND THEIR STRATEGIES

Overview

Sanofi pasteur - expanding market leadership

Current position

Fluzone (Vaxigrip)

Strategic development

Cell-culture-based manufacturing - high hopes for Per.C6

Capacity - leading the field

Adjuvants - falling behind?

Pandemic vaccines - first-to-market in the US?

Strategic outlook

Novartis Vaccines - recovering from Chiron's failure

Current position

Fluvirin

Agrippal S1

Fluad

Begrivac

Strategic development

Expanding reach - acquisition of Chiron provided access to influenza vaccine market

Cell-culture-based manufacturing - first-to-market with Optaflu?

Capacity - new facilities in the US and Europe set to increase production

Adjuvants - MF59, a new paradigm?

Pandemic vaccines - Europe as stepping stone

Strategic outlook

GSK - the lucky third

Current position

Fluarix

FluLaval/Fluviral

Strategic development

Expanding reach - acquisition of ID Biomedical opens gate to the US market

Cell-culture-based manufacturing - lagging behind the competition

Capacity - acquisition of Wyeth's Marietta facility set to speed up cell-based manufacturing

Adjuvants -acquisition of Corixa provides access to novel technologies

Pandemic vaccines - first and second generation candidates show promising prospects

Strategic outlook

MedImmune - new hope in pediatric treatment

Current position

FluMist

Strategic development

Expanding reach - positioning and market penetration as main issues

Cell-culture-based manufacturing - catching up with the giants

Capacity - fill/finish as critical bottleneck

Pandemic vaccines - joining forces with NIAID

Strategic outlook

CSL - preparing to enter the US market

Current position

Fluvax

Strategic development

Expanding reach - US launch likely in the near future

Capacity - doubling production for the US market

Pandemic vaccines - slim chances to match the competition

Strategic outlook

Solvay - failing to commercialize on Influvac TC

Current position

Influvac

Invivac/Inflexal V

Strategic development

Cell-culture-based manufacturing - Influvac TC loses competitive advantage due to manufacturing delay

Capacity - it's all about cell-based production

Pandemic vaccines - projects still in early stages

Strategic outlook



CHAPTER 5 PATIENT-BASED FORECAST ANALYSIS

Datamonitor's patient-based forecasting model

Limitations of the patient-based forecasting model



CHAPTER 6 R&D APPROACH

Classification of pipeline products

Seasonal influenza vaccines

Pandemic influenza vaccines

Clinical trial design in influenza vaccine studies



CHAPTER 7 PIPELINE ANALYSIS SEASONAL INFLUENZA

Pipeline overview for seasonal influenza

Late-stage pipeline summary

Comparative assessment

Definition of current comparator therapy

Seasonal influenza vaccine gold standard: Fluzone

Optaflu (Novartis Vaccines)

Drug overview

Clinical trial data

Phase III trial (EU) - comparison of safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of influenza vaccines in adults and elderly

Patient potential

Marketing factors

Satisfaction of unmet needs

Datamonitor drug assessment summary

FluBlØk (Protein Sciences/UMN Pharma)

Drug overview

Clinical trial data

Phase II/III - immunogenicity and safety of trivalent recombinant baculovirus-expressed hemagglutinin influenza vaccine in healthy adults

Phase IIb - dose-related safety and immunogenicity of a trivalent baculovirus-expressed influenza-virus hemagglutinin vaccine in elderly adults

Patient potential

Marketing factors

Satisfaction of unmet needs

Datamonitor drug assessment summary

Flu Improved (GlaxoSmithKline)

Drug overview

Clinical trial data

Phase II trial (EU) - Study to evaluate the immunogenicity and the safety of an adjuvanted influenza vaccine candidate

Patient potential

Marketing factors

Satisfaction of unmet needs

Datamonitor drug assessment summary

Seasonal flu vaccines (Sanofi pasteur)

Flu Micro-Injection

Flu Infants

Flu vaccine - new formulation

FluInsure (GlaxoSmithKline)

Drug overview

Clinical trial data

Patient potential

Marketing factors

Satisfaction of unmet needs

Datamonitor drug assessment summary

Immunostimulant seasonal influenza vaccine (Iomai)

Drug overview

Clinical trial data

Patient potential

Marketing factors

Satisfaction of unmet needs

Datamonitor drug assessment summary

Late-stage pipeline vaccines developed outside the seven major markets

Influsome-Vac (NasVax)

LAIV (BioDiem, Nobilon)

Early-stage vaccines for prevention of seasonal influenza

DNA vaccines

PowderMed - Pfizer's entry route into the vaccine business

Universal vaccines

Late-stage development compounds recently discontinued

InfluJect (Baxter) - an uncertain future



CHAPTER 8 PIPELINE ANALYSIS PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

Pipeline overview for pandemic influenza

Late-stage pipeline summary

Comparative assessment

Definition of current comparator therapy

H5N1 vaccines

Sanofi pasteur

H5N1 influenza virus vaccine

GSK

Daronrix

H5N1-007

Novartis Vaccines

Focetria

Baxter

H5N1 pandemic vaccine

CSL

H5N1 Pandemic Vaccine

H9N2 vaccines

Novartis Vaccines

H9N2 pandemic vaccine

GSK

H9N2 pandemic vaccine

Crucell

H9N2 pandemic vaccine

H2N2 vaccines

GSK

H2N2 pandemic vaccine

Early-stage vaccines for prevention of pandemic influenza



APPENDIX A - BIBLIOGRAPHY



APPENDIX B

Limitations of IMS data

About Datamonitor

About Datamonitor Healthcare

Datamonitor Healthcare's therapy area capabilities

About the Infectious Diseases analysis team

Key therapy team members

Holger Rovini, Head of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases

Hedwig Kresse, Associate Analyst, Infectious Diseases

Disclaimer




List of Tables

Table 1: Key influenza parameters for the seven major markets

Table 2: Companies developing cell-based manufacturing and US funding for cell culture development

Table 3: Current and future production capacity of key influenza vaccine manufacturers

Table 4: Influenza vaccination rates in the US, 2004

Table 5: Influenza vaccine catalog prices by manufacturer, US. 2005-06

Table 6: Influenza pandemic contracts announced to date

Table 7: Key needle-free influenza vaccine administration methods in development, 2007

Table 8: Acquisitions in the influenza vaccine space, 2005-06

Table 9: Fluzone dosages

Table 10: Fluvax dosages by age group

Table 11: Late-stage pipeline seasonal influenza, February 2007

Table 12: Datamonitor drug assessment parameters

Table 13: Fluzone (Sanofi pasteur) - product profile

Table 14: Fluzone formulations, 2006-07

Table 15: Fluzone - efficacy in children aged 6-24 months

Table 16: Optaflu (Novartis) - product profile

Table 17: Optaflu - clinical trial summary

Table 18: FluBlØk (Protein Sciences) - product profile

Table 19: FluBlØk - clinical trial summary

Table 20: Flu Improved (GSK) - product profile

Table 21: Flu Improved - clinical trial summary

Table 22: FluInsure (GSK) - product profile

Table 23: FluInsure - clinical trial summary

Table 24: Immunostimulant seasonal influenza vaccine (Iomai) - product profile

Table 25: Early-stage seasonal and universal influenza vaccines, February 2007

Table 26: Key DNA flu vaccines in development

Table 27: Recently discontinued late-stage influenza vaccines

Table 28: Pandemic influenza - late-stage pipeline overview

Table 29: H5N1 influenza virus vaccine (Sanofi pasteur) - product profile

Table 30: Daronrix (GSK) - product profile

Table 31: H5N1-007 (GSK) - product profile

Table 32: Focetria (Novartis) - product profile

Table 33: H5N1 pandemic vaccine (Baxter) - product profile

Table 34: H5N1 pandemic vaccine (CSL) - product profile

Table 35: H9N2 pandemic vaccine (Novartis) - product profile

Table 36: H9N2 pandemic vaccine (GSK) - product profile

Table 37: H9N2 pandemic vaccine (Crucell) - product profile

Table 38: H2N2 pandemic vaccine (GSK) - product profile

Table 39: Early stage pipeline pandemic influenza vaccines, February 2007




List of Figures

Figure 1: Drivers and restrictors in the influenza vaccine market

Figure 2: Influenza vaccine market size forecast (7MM), 2006-16

Figure 3: Datamonitor pipeline assessment summary - seasonal influenza vaccines

Figure 4: Datamonitor pipeline assessment summary - pandemic influenza vaccines

Figure 5: Global annual influenza disease burden

Figure 6: Population at high risk of influenza infection or influenza-associated complications

Figure 7: Influenza A virus: structure and electron micrograph

Figure 8: Antigenic drift versus antigenic shift

Figure 9: Recommended vaccination schedule and months of peak influenza activity, US 1976-2006

Figure 10: Development of a pandemic influenza virus

Figure 11: Overview over influenza pandemics in the 20th century

Figure 12: WHO and CDC classification systems for pandemic threat

Figure 13: Emergence of new Influenza A subtypes, 1977-2006

Figure 14: Cumulative number of confirmed human cases of avian Influenza A/(H5N1)

Figure 15: Spread of H5N1 in poultry, wild birds and humans, 1996-2006

Figure 16: Current spread of H5N1 in poultry and wild birds, January 2007

Figure 17: Geographical spread of influenza vaccine sales, 2006

Figure 18: Growth drivers of the flu vaccine market

Figure 19: TIV and LAIV - key common and differentiating factors

Figure 20: Steps of the influenza vaccine manufacturing process and involved stakeholders

Figure 21: Egg-based vaccine manufacturing

Figure 22: Comparative analysis of MDCK, Vero and Per.C6 cells

Figure 23: Vaccine providers for the US market, 2000-06

Figure 24: Vaccine manufacturers in the seven major markets, 2006

Figure 25: Global influenza vaccine manufacturing capacity, 1994-2006

Figure 26: Influenza vaccine manufacturing facilities, 2006

Figure 27: High-risk individuals recommended for flu vaccination, US. 2004-05

Figure 28: Chiron - share price in response to events, Aug 2004- May 2005

Figure 29: Expected, delivered and demanded influenza vaccine supply for the US, 2004-05 season

Figure 30: Influenza vaccine supply versus demand in the US, 1980-2006

Figure 31: Flu vaccine supply and demand in relation to population recommended for vaccination, US 2003-06

Figure 32: Supply versus demand in a typical flu season

Figure 33: Global influenza vaccination coverage, 2002-03 season

Figure 34: Drivers and restrictors for influenza vaccination

Figure 35: US influenza vaccine distribution network

Figure 36: Use of different providers for influenza vaccination, US, 2005-06

Figure 37: US government strategies to foster growth of the national flu vaccine market

Figure 38: US average prices per dose in multi-dose vials, TIVs, 2002-06

Figure 39: Unmet needs in influenza vaccines

Figure 40: Leading players in the influenza vaccine market, US and EU5, 2005

Figure 41: Sanofi pasteur - influenza vaccine strategy

Figure 42: Novartis Vaccines - influenza vaccine strategy

Figure 43: GSK - influenza vaccine strategy

Figure 44: MedImmune - influenza vaccine strategy

Figure 45: CSL - influenza vaccine strategy

Figure 46: Solvay - influenza vaccine strategy

Figure 47: Influenza vaccine clinical trial process

Figure 48: Datamonitor's assessment of seasonal influenza pipeline vaccines

Figure 49: Fluzone - strengths and weaknesses

Figure 50: Comparison of seroprotection rates between Optaflu and Agrippal in EU Phase III trial, 2006

Figure 51: Optaflu - Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis for seasonal influenza, 2007

Figure 52: FluBlØk: - efficacy results of Phase IIb trial

Figure 53: FluBlØk - Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis for seasonal influenza, 2007

Figure 54: Flu Improved - Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis for seasonal influenza, 2007

Figure 55: FluInsure - Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis for seasonal influenza, 2007

Figure 56: Iomai's immunostimulant seasonal influenza vaccine - Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis for seasonal influenza, 2007

Figure 57: Pandemic versus pre-pandemic vaccination strategy

Figure 58: Datamonitor drug assessment summary - pandemic influenza pipeline vaccines

Figure 59: Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis of H5N1 influenza virus vaccine (Sanofi pasteur) for pandemic influenza, 2007

Figure 60: Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis of Daronrix (GSK) for pandemic influenza, 2007

Figure 61: Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis of H5N1-007 (GSK) for pandemic influenza, 2007

Figure 62: Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis of Focetria (Novartis) for pandemic influenza, 2007

Figure 63: Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis of H5N1 pandemic vaccine (Baxter) for pandemic influenza, 2007

Figure 64: Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis of H5N1 pandemic vaccine (CSL) for pandemic influenza, 2007

Figure 65: Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis of H9N2 pandemic vaccine (Novartis) for pandemic influenza, 2007

Figure 66: Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis of H9N2 pandemic vaccine (GSK) for pandemic influenza, 2007

Figure 67: Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis of H9N2 pandemic vaccine (Crucell) for pandemic influenza, 2007

Figure 68: Datamonitor's competitive positioning analysis of H2N2 pandemic vaccine (GSK) for pandemic influenza, 2007

Abstract

Introduction

The influenza vaccine market, sized at approximately $2.2 billion in 2006, yields many challenges. Demand is highly variable, and only large players are able to cope with the need for annual updates and the costly manufacturing process. However, driven by the increasing pandemic threat, the market is growing fast and is predicted to more than double in size by 2016.

Scope

Strategic analysis of the current influenza market across the US, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK and of key companies in the sector Thorough assessment of underlying commercial and clinical influencers shaping the influenza vaccine market Patient-based forecasts for the influenza vaccine market taking into account recommended vaccination groups and coverage rates in the 7 major markets In-depth comparative analysis of both seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine pipeline candidates and discussion of their future potential

Highlights

The demand for influenza vaccines is highly variable and the time window for the vaccination is limited to just a few months per year. This, in combination with the need for annual updates and the long planning cycles required due to the lengthy egg-based manufacturing process, makes the flu vaccine market a highly challenging sector. The pandemic threat has acted as an important driver for the seasonal vaccine market. Rising public awareness of influenza has increased the demand for seasonal vaccination. Government funding provided for pandemic research is also benefiting seasonal vaccine development through technology transfer. With Novartis' cell-based Optaflu currently awaiting EU approval and ProteinSciences' baculovirus-based FluBlØk in phase III, new production techniques available are shaping up to change market dynamics. Further advances include adjuvanted vaccines, and, in earlier development stages, DNA- and universal vaccine candidates.

Reasons to Purchase

Review the clinical and commercial factors driving new product decisions in influenza vaccines and the strategies of key players in the market Gain insight through a patient-based forecast and a thorough analysis of the seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine pipeline Understand where concerns, unmet needs and future opportunities lie by learning about the views of key influenza vaccine opinion leaders

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