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ADHD market predicted to reach $13.9 billion by 2024

8 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

The market for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across the seven major markets (7MM) of the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and Japan, is set to experience an increase from approximately $6.1 billion in 2014 to $13.9 billion by 2024, at a compound annual growth rate of 8.5%,…

NICE says Roche’s skin cancer drug not cost effective

6 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

The committee agreed the combination offers life extending benefit compared to vemurafenib alone, however compared to alternative treatments it is too expensive. About 1,000 people would have been eligible each year...

Eisai bewildered as IQWIG fails to recognise OS benefit of liposarcoma drug

5 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

n study 309, the pivotal phase III trial on which the indication approval was based, eribulin demonstrated a significant survival advantage in advanced liposarcoma; patients treated with eribulin compared to those treated with dacarbazine, a longstanding, established and internationally accepted treatment option, benefited from a median 7.2 month increase in…

Destiny’s SA trial shows fast acting antibiotic too quick for disease resistance

5 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

The two-stage clinical trial studied the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of intra-nasally applied exeporfinium chloride gels. Part 1 yielded safety data in eight volunteers and allowed progression to Part 2 in 48 healthy volunteers with colonised nasal Staphylococcus aureus (SA) bacteria. Part 2 was double-blinded, placebo controlled, and investigated two…