Latest Intelligence on Biotech in Asia-Pacific

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Genentech/Roche/Chugai: Herceptin shows activity in gastric cancer

Already a widely used therapy in HER-2-positive breast cancer patients, Herceptin now has the potential to establish itself in the equivalent gastric cancer subset following positive survival results in a pivotal trial. However, with other top-selling targeted therapy drugs also in late-stage development for the same indication, competition is on the horizon.

Published By Datamonitor
18 Mar 2009
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World Vaccine Congress Asia: vast regional diversity requires flexibility and targeted portfolios

Spanning one third of the globe's circumference and home to more than half of the world's population, the Asia Pacific region is incredibly diverse. This year's World Vaccine Congress Asia highlighted the enormous variation in the vaccine landscape in the region, owing to a myriad of political, cultural, economic and geographic differences.

Published By Datamonitor
24 Jun 2009
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World Vaccine Congress Asia: new partnerships open doors to regional markets

At the World Vaccine Congress Asia, it became apparent that new local facilities and partnerships are essential to expand supply, thus providing openings into the emerging vaccine markets of the region. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur are leading in the space, overcoming low levels of disease awareness and financial shortages to secure a strong foothold in Asia.

Published By Datamonitor
24 Jun 2009
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ICAD 2009: tau emerges as a viable target for immunotherapy in Alzheimer's

Despite being one of the two hallmarks for Alzheimer's disease for over a century, little drug development has focused on tau as a therapeutic target. At this year's International Conference for Alzheimer's Disease, two groups presented data suggesting the viability of tau as a target for vaccine development, offering an alternative target for companies keen to boost their neurology pipelines.

Published By Datamonitor
22 Jul 2009
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ICAD 2009: beta-amyloid remains center stage at Alzheimer's disease conference

In recent years, the annual International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease has become the foremost event on the Alzheimer's disease calendar. As a primary hallmark of the disease, beta-amyloid production and deposition have become the focus for drug development. At this year's meeting progress was reported on several beta-amyloid targeted clinical stage pipeline drugs.

Published By Datamonitor
22 Jul 2009
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Amgen: denosumab deal maximizes potential in tough European market

Amgen has announced that it has formed a partnership with GlaxoSmithKline to commercialize denosumab for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Europe and emerging markets. While this partnership increases denosumab's potential in the EU, the challenge will be to convince payers that the new monoclonal antibody provides a clear clinical advantage over cheap and effective alternatives.

Published By Datamonitor
29 Jul 2009
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Top pharmaceutical and biotech companies face slowdown in sales growth over 2008-14

A Datamonitor report has identified that the leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies face a major slowdown in sales growth out to 2014, primarily a result of the imminent patent expiries facing many blockbusters and the subsequent threat from generics. Prescription sales are expected to rise at a compound annual growth rate of just 1.2% over 2008-14, compared to a historical rate of 10.5%.

Published By Datamonitor
01 Mar 2010
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Amgen promotes novel offering at World Congress on Osteoporosis

The 2010 International Osteoporosis Foundation World Congress on Osteoporosis and 10th European Congress on Clinical and Economical Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis in May was the most important meeting of the year in the osteoporosis arena. While no new groundbreaking data for the drug were revealed, Amgen used the congress to promote its novel monoclonal antibody denosumab.

Published By Datamonitor
18 May 2010
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AUA 2010: vaccine data and potential new treatments drive interest in prostate cancer

This year's meeting of the American Urological Association saw several major pharmaceutical players presenting new data and discussing potential new pathways for disease treatment. Among the areas of focus was prostate cancer, with Dendreon presenting new data for its groundbreaking vaccine Provenge and Amgen highlighting the potential of Prolia in the treatment of this disease.

Published By Datamonitor
04 Jun 2010
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ATS 2010: shift in asthma guidelines highlights focus on personalized medicine

Datamonitor attended this year's meeting of the American Thoracic Society in New Orleans. The 2010 conference was defined not only by the latest clinical trial data, but by new guidelines and an emerging discussion of the role of personalized treatment. Conclusions were also presented from the ISAAC study, highlighting some surprising global prevalence trends.

Published By Datamonitor
04 Jun 2010

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