AbbVie Pressures Biohaven in Migraine Prevention with FDA Approval for its CGRP Blockbuster-to-be Qulipta
From: FiercePharma By: Angus Liu Tuesday, AbbVie said the FDA has green-lighted its Qulipta, or atogepant, for prevention of episodic migraine. The go-ahead follows the landmark approval of Biohaven’s Nurtec ODT as the first oral anti-CGRP drug for preventing migraine, setting up a direct battle between two meds that both bear big sales expectations. Doctors’ initial […]
Initial Launch Execution Fails to Impress for Biogen’s Aduhelm – the First-to-Market Disease-Modifying Therapy for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease – as the Controversy Churn Continues
One month post launch, Spherix data indicates that Aduhelm (aducanumab-avwa) awareness easily outpaces other key performance indicators, including degree of advance, anticipated patient candidacy, prescriber uptake, and launch execution among US neurologists EXTON, Pa., July 14, 2021/PRNewswire/ — As expected with the recent media maelstrom surrounding its June 7th approval, unaided and aided awareness of […]
Bristol Myers Squibb’s Zeposia and Novartis’ Mayzent Have Both Experienced Strong Launches in Canada, But Spherix Data Uncover Numerous Internal and External Threats for Sustained Success
Neurologists in Canada are receptive to having a fourth S1P receptor modulator option in Janssen’s Ponvory, although increasing the clinical relevance of the agent’s comparative efficacy to Sanofi Genzyme’s Aubagio and fatigue secondary endpoint data is a must for any notable uptake EXTON, Pa., May 25, 2021/PRNewswire – Over the past two years, two new […]
COVID-19 Pandemic in the US May Curtail Uptake of Recent Acute Migraine Market Entrants, Diminishing Specialists’ Prelaunch Expectations that Biohaven’s Nurtec ODT Would Challenge Allergan’s Ubrelvy and Eli Lilly’s Reyvow
Looking to the future, the approval of the first dual-therapy migraine label would make Nurtec a substantial competitive threat on the prevention market, placing considerable stress on Amgen/Novartis’ Aimovig, Teva’s Ajovy, Eli Lilly’s Emgality, and Lundbeck’s Vyepti trajectories, according to Spherix Global Insights EXTON, Pa., April 2, 2020 ― Biohaven’s Nurtec (rimegepant) orally disintegrating tablet […]
COVID-19 Wreaking Havoc in Specialty Practices and the Vast Majority of Physicians Expect It to Get Worse in the Next Two Weeks, According to a New Report by Spherix Global Insights
Results from a survey of more than 300 dermatologists, gastroenterologists, nephrologists, neurologists, rheumatologists, and primary care physicians indicate a marked decrease in patient visits, growing concern over financial impact to practices, and worry over preparedness for a widespread local outbreak EXTON, Pa., March 24, 2020 / PRNewswire / – Spherix Global Insights is an independent […]
With Novartis’ Mayzent Firmly Positioned for Transitioning Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis and Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Use, EMD Serono’s Mavenclad Could Be Most Competitive as an Ideal First Switch Following Efficacy Failure
Bolstering Tecfidera’s competitiveness with the glatiramer acetate class among treatment-naïve relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients is Biogen’s best defense against anticipated near-term share constriction, according to the 14th wave of the quarterly Spherix Global Insights report Download Report Overview EXTON, Pa., June 26, 2019 ― During the last week of March 2019, both Novartis’ Mayzent and […]
Uptake of Biogen’s Tecfidera and Increased Availability of Merck KGaA’s Mavenclad Fueling Significant Increase in Oral Disease-Modifying Therapy Share of Multiple Sclerosis Patients in Europe to the Detriment of Teva’s Copaxone
Lack of access to Roche’s Ocrevus for primary progressive multiple sclerosis has stymied UK prescriber base growth and adoption over the past six months as much of Ocrevus’ early adoption in other EU countries came from first-line use among primary progressive multiple sclerosis patients due to the high unmet need and the agent’s first-to-market indication, […]
Ocrevus Climbing as First-line DMT for RRMS Among Neurologists Surveyed in Spherix Report
From: Multiple Sclerosis News Today By: Alice Melao
Ocrevus Predicted to Be a Billion-dollar Blockbuster
From: Multiple Sclerosis News Today By: Ed Tobias The research firm Spherix Global Insights, which analyzes trends in the pharmaceutical industry, predicts that Ocrevus is “poised to blow past the $1B mark in the coming year. …” (read more).
Early Adopters in Germany and the United Kingdom Are Prescribing Merck KGaA’s Mavenclad as First-Line Induction Therapy for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
European neurologists predict substantial uptake of Roche’s Ocrevus among primary progressive multiple sclerosis patients driven by favorable market access status and an absence of on-label competition, according to a new EU5 report from Spherix Global Insights Download Report Overview EXTON, Pa., Nov. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The multiple sclerosis (MS) market in the EU is […]
