Broad Prevalence, High Unmet Clinical Need, and a Favorable Competitive Environment Represent Significant Commercial Opportunity in the Pain Drug Market; Decision Resources Announces its Pain Portfolio Topics for 2005.Decision Resources, Inc., one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and health care issues, finds that the pain drug market offers biopharmaceutical companies significant commercial opportunity because of the indication's broad prevalence, high unmet un·metadj. Not satisfied or fulfilled: unmet demands. clinical need, and favorable fa·vor·a·ble adj. 1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds. 2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis. 3. competitive environment. The company also announced its pain study topics for 2005. Topics will include:
* Fibromyalgia
* Chronic Low Back Pain
* Drug Delivery in Chronic Pain
* Arthritic Pain
Current important issues in the pain drug market include the following:
-- Current pain therapies are often associated with significant
tolerability issues and safety risks, leaving room for novel agents
with superior side-effect profiles and more-convenient delivery
systems.
-- The recent withdrawal of rofecoxib (Pfizer's Vioxx) and the safety
concerns regarding the entire COX-2 inhibitor class opens the door for
emerging pain agents to capitalize on a large patient population
seeking alternative pain treatments.
-- Chronic low back pain alone has a prevalence of more than 30 million
in the G7 markets.
The Decision Resources' pain portfolio will offer a variety of studies that give pharmaceutical companies and biotechs a comprehensive view of individual pain topics. The series will cover current and emerging therapies, and provide detailed patient-based market forecasts and direct insights from primary care physicians and specialists. About Decision Resources Decision Resources, Inc., (http://www.decisionresources.com/) is a world leader in market research publications, advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , and consulting designed to help clients shape strategy, allocate To reserve a resource such as memory or disk. See memory allocation. resources, and master their chosen markets. All company, brand, or product names contained in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. For more information, contact: Elizabeth Marshall Decision Resources, Inc. 781-296-2563 emarshall@dresources.com CONTACT: Elizabeth Marshall Elizabeth Marshall is a Canadian politician. She currently represents the riding of Topsail in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. She is a member of the Progressive Conservatives. of Decision Resources, Inc., +1-781-296-2563, emarshall@dresources.com Web site: http://www.decisionresources.com/ |
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