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Stakeholder Opinions: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Market Set to Enter Era of Biologic Therapies

Published by: Datamonitor

Published: Mar. 20, 2008 - 108 Pages


Table of Contents


ABOUT DATAMONITOR HEALTHCARE

About the Immunology and Inflammation (I&I) pharmaceutical analysis team

CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Datamonitor insight into the systemic lupus erythematosus market

Contributing experts

Related reports

Upcoming reports

CHAPTER 2 EPIDEMIOLOGY

Lupus affects less than 1% of the population in the seven major markets

US

Datamonitor estimates a conservative SLE patient population in the US

Prevalence of lupus in Canada is similar to the US

Race and ethnic segmentation influence SLE in the US

Race is an important mediator of disease activity in SLE

Estimated SLE prevalent population in the US can be split by race

Japan

EU

UK

Lupus population split by sex in the UK

Lupus population split by race in the UK

UK prevalence rates can be applied to Germany

Prevalence rates from Spain can be applied to France

Italy

Lupus population split by sex in Italy

Spain

Lupus population split by sex in Spain

The SLE prevalent population will experience minimal growth over the next decade in the seven major markets

Countries of emerging markets represent a large SLE patient population

CHAPTER 3 SLE MARKET

Drug approvals

Prograf (tacrolimus) approved for lupus nephritis in Japan

Clinical trial design

FDA's recommendations for SLE drug development remain as draft guidance

Key challenges in clinical trials for SLE

Global opportunities and threats

Opportunities

High demand for products and level of unmet need provide a significant opportunity in the SLE market

Steroid-sparing therapies with improved side-effect profiles are needed

Understanding pathogenesis of SLE will help drive drug development

Potential for early use of biologics exists in SLE

Significant patient population in the emerging markets

Threats

Comparatively smaller patient population in the seven major markets

Lack of clarity from regulatory agencies

Difficulty and/or delay in diagnosis

Cost to healthcare systems of expensive therapies

Potential threat from biosimilars

Estimation of the size of the off-label SLE market in 2007

Estimation of Rituxan/MabThera costs for the treatment of SLE

Cost of Rituxan/MabThera in the seven major markets

Size of the SLE population receiving off-label Rituxan/MabThera

Diagnosis Value to establish retail sales of key brands

CHAPTER 4 PIPELINE DRUGS AND KEY TRIALS

Majority of pipeline drugs are being developed for SLE specifically

Promising drug candidates in Phase III development

Competitive landscape of the late-stage pipeline

Estimation of Phase III product launch dates

Commercial versus clinical attractiveness of late-stage products

Immunosuppressants

Prestara/Aslera (prasterone)

After two failed Phase III studies, Genelabs secures SPA

Strong competition from targeted therapies drives Genelabs to search for late-stage development partner

Prestara: Strengths and weaknesses

Riquent (abetimus sodium)

La Jolla pushes on with another Phase III trial

Riquent: Strengths and weaknesses

B-cell therapy

Atacicept (TAC-Ig)

Phase Ib data confirm atacicept's mechanism of action in SLE patients

Merck Serono partnership strengthens atacicept's commercial potential

Atacicept has entered Phase II/III clinical trials for SLE and lupus nephritis

Atacicept: Strengths and weaknesses

Rituxan/MabThera (rituximab)

Rituxan is already prescribed off-label for SLE

Rituxan looks set to achieve first to market status

Small studies demonstrate efficacy of Rituxan in SLE

FDA raised safety concerns over the use of Rituxan in SLE patients

Rituxan/MabThera: Strengths and weaknesses

Ocrelizumab

Second generation humanized anti-CD20 MAb being developed for SLE

Potential for cannibalization of Rituxan/MabThera sales by ocrelizumab

Genentech and Biogen Idec embroiled in arbitration over ocrelizumab, which could affect its progress towards commercialization

Phase III clinical trials for ocrelizumab in SLE have been initiated

Ocrelizumab: Strengths and weaknesses

LymphoStat-B (belimumab)

Efficacy of belimumab has been demonstrated in Phase II trials by multiple disease activity indices in seropositive SLE patients

Phase III trials for belimumab

LymphoStat-B: Strengths and weaknesses

Epratuzumab

Phase III trials have resumed for SLE after regulatory agencies put clinical trials on hold

Epratuzumab: Strengths and weaknesses

Other cytokines suppression

Orencia (abatacept, CTLA4-Ig)

Orencia: Strengths and weaknesses

Actemra (tocilizumab)

Anti-TNF therapy: is there a place in the treatment of SLE?

Remicade (infliximab)

Enbrel (etanercept)

Recently discontinued drugs

CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil)

CellCept used off-label for systemic lupus erythematosus and is the standard of care in many patients

Development of CellCept for lupus nephritis on hold as trial fails to show superiority over Cytoxan

Drugs in development for cutaneous lupus erythematosus

CNTO-136

ASF-1096

TRX-1

CHAPTER 5 BIBLIOGRAPHY

References

Websites

Datamonitor reports

APPENDIX

Contributing experts

About Datamonitor

About Datamonitor Healthcare

Datamonitor Healthcare's research and analysis methodologies

Datamonitor Healthcare's therapy area capabilities

Disclaimer

List of Tables

Table 1: SLE population, split by sex, across the seven major markets, 2008

Table 2: Key prevalence and incidence studies of systemic lupus erythematosus, 1976-2008

Table 3: Estimate of persons with definite systemic lupus erythematosus in the US, split by race and sex, 2005

Table 4: Prevalence estimates of systemic lupus erythematosus in California and Pennsylvania, 2000

Table 5: Estimation of the systemic lupus erythematosus population in the US using prevalence figures reported by Chakravarty et al.

Table 6: Estimate of the systemic lupus erythematosus prevalent population in Canada, 2008

Table 7: Systemic lupus erythematosus prevalent population, split by race, in the US, 2008

Table 8: Systemic lupus erythematosus prevalent population, split by race, in the UK, 2008

Table 9: The estimated systemic lupus erythematosus prevalent population, split by sex, in the seven major markets, 2008-2018

Table 10: The estimated systemic lupus erythematosus prevalent population in the emerging markets of China, India and Mexico, 2008

Table 11: Phase III trial results for Prograf (tacrolimus) in lupus nephritis

Table 12: Cost of Rituxan/MabThera in the major 5EU markets and the US for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus

Table 13: Estimation of the off-label sales of Rituxan/MabThera in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, 2008

Table 14: Datamonitor's definition of systemic lupus erythematosus

Table 15: Estimated sales of the main drugs used in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus in the seven major markets, ($000s), 2007

Table 16: Products in development for lupus indications, 2008

Table 17: Summary of Phase III clinical trials for Prestara (prasterone), 1994-2004

Table 18: Overview of small-scale studies involving Rituxan/MabThera (rituximab) for lupus indications

Table 19: Overview of the Phase III clinical trial of ocrelizumab for systemic lupus erythematosus, 2008

Table 20: LymphoStat-B (belimumab): Key abstracts from ACR/ARHP Scientific Meetings 2006-07

Table 21: LymphoStat-B: Key clinical trials for lupus indications, 2008

Table 22: Orencia (abatacept): Key clinical trials for lupus indications, 2008

List of Figures

Figure 1: Potential strategies for improved clinical trial design or systemic lupus erythematosus

Figure 2: Opportunities and threats in the systemic lupus erythematosus market, 2008

Figure 3: Summary of the method used to estimate the sales of Rituxan/MabThera for systemic lupus erythematosus in the 6MM, 2008

Figure 4: Number of pipeline drugs in development split by lupus indication, 2008

Figure 5: Number of pipeline drugs in development for lupus erythematosus indications split by clinical phase, 2008

Figure 6: Timeline for estimated Phase III product launches for systemic lupus erythematosus, 2008-2016

Figure 7: Commercial and clinical assessment of key late-stage pipeline therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus, 2008

Figure 8: Prestara: Strengths and weaknesses for SLE, 2008

Figure 9: Riquent: Strengths and weaknesses for SLE, 2008

Figure 10: Atacicept: Strengths and weaknesses for SLE, 2008

Figure 11: Historical time line of approval of Rituxan for rheumatoid arthritis and estimation of approval timing for SLE indication

Figure 12: Rituxan/MabThera: Strengths and weaknesses for SLE, 2008

Figure 13: Ocrelizumab: Strengths and weaknesses for SLE, 2008

Figure 14: LymphoStat-B: Strengths and weaknesses for SLE, 2008

Figure 15: Epratuzumab: Strengths and weaknesses for SLE, 2008

Figure 16: Orencia: Strengths and weaknesses for SLE, 2008

Abstract

Introduction

SLE is a chronic, life-long and potentially fatal autoimmune disease characterized by multiple system distress and unpredictable flares. Therapy is largely off-label and a huge demand exists for new SLE therapies because of the potential for serious side effects from drugs currently used in the management of the disease.

Scope

Assessment of patient size across the seven major and additional emerging markets, including split by sex and race where available. Commercial and clinical assessment of the therapies in the developmental pipeline. Opinion of the market potential from a range of physicians involved in SLE treatment and research. An update of the challenges facing the design of clinical trials

Highlights

The SLE market will enter an era of targeted therapies thanks to greater understanding of disease mechanisms. Rituxan/MabThera (rituximab) is the most advanced pipeline candidate and will be the first product approved in the last 40 years. It is already used off-label in severe, refractory patients, with maximum estimated sales $650m. Caution must be maintained as products for SLE have been prone to failure, as evidenced by La Jolla's Riquent, Genelabs's Prestara and Apreva's CellCept. Companies must learn from past mistakes by improving SLE clinical trial design and communicating fully with regulatory agencies. The SLE patient population in the seven major markets is estimated to be 430,000 in 2008. However, the combined SLE patient population in Mexico, China and India could be a minimum of 0.9 billion in 2008, suggesting pharmaceutical companies should seek product approval in emerging markets.

Reasons to Purchase

Understand the key opportunities and threats in the SLE market Assess the commercial potential of the products in the late-stage pipeline Gain insight into opinion leaders' thoughts on the challenges facing the SLE market.

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