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Wyeth: breast cancer prospects receive a blow

Wyeth has discontinued a phase III trial of temsirolimus plus letrozole in metastatic post-menopausal hormone-receptor positive breast cancer. This is a significant blow for the company due to the loss of earnings potential in the congested but lucrative breast cancer market. However, temsirolimus remains under development for a number of other tumors, and so hope for the drug candidate remains.

Published By Datamonitor
23 Mar 2006
CommentWire
CommentWire

Wyeth: Big Pharma continues its shopping spree

The current economic environment has paved the way for leading pharmaceutical firms to sweep in and buy up smaller players, highlighted by Wyeth's potential acquisition of Crucell and Merck & Co's strategy to aggressively look for targets in 2009. An increasing number of pharmaceutical majors are likely to use this approach to strengthen their biologic portfolios and access novel pipeline drugs.

Published By Datamonitor
09 Jan 2009
CommentWire
CommentWire

Wyeth/MedImmune: the end of the road for FluMist venture

Following poor first-year performance, Wyeth [WYE] and MedImmune [MEDI] have announced the dissolution of their FluMist partnership. If MedImmune is to achieve success with this product alone, it may need to rethink its premium pricing strategy.

Published By Datamonitor
28 Apr 2004
CommentWire
CommentWire

Wyeth/MedImmune: second generation vaccine

Wyeth [WYE] and MedImmune's [MEDI] FluMist failed to secure indications for use in key target groups for influenza vaccine in the US. Recently released results suggest that their second generation product may enable the two companies to capitalize on more conventional influenza vaccine sectors.

Published By Datamonitor
15 Oct 2003
Expert View
Expert View

World Congress on Osteoporosis highlights changing face of bone health

Datamonitor attended this year's International Osteoporosis Foundation World Congress on Osteoporosis and 10th European Congress on Clinical and Economical Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis, the most important meeting on the osteoporosis calendar. A number of major pharmaceutical firms had a presence at the meeting, indicating the significance of this market.

Published By Datamonitor
18 May 2010
CommentWire
CommentWire

Women's health: tamoxifen may do more harm than good

While the drug is undeniably highly effective at treating breast cancer, some of the efforts to use it as a preventative medicine may be more questionable. For many women, the side effects could prove more dangerous than the risk of breast cancer. More studies need to be carried out to determine exactly which groups will benefit from the drug.

Published By Datamonitor
05 Nov 2001
CommentWire
CommentWire

Women's health: CDC boosts non-culture chlamydia testing

Chlamydia is the US' most prevalent bacterial STD, and can cause infertility if untreated. The new guidelines should boost the use of non-culture tests from companies such as BD Diagnostics, which are cheap and can be performed by primary care physicians.

Published By Datamonitor
14 May 2002
CommentWire
CommentWire

Women's health: cardio program takes on the US' biggest killer

Cardiovascular disease is the US' biggest killer of women - but too many believe that diseases such as breast cancer are a greater threat. The new initiative should be a major step in combating the disease through educating and changing behavior. This should benefit both at-risk patients and pharma companies active in the female-specific CVD market.

Published By Datamonitor
04 Feb 2002
Expert View
Expert View

Who will plug the brain metastases treatment gap?

One in 10 cancer patients fall foul of brain metastases - a patient population as large as that of lung or breast cancer. Despite this demand - and although many drugs have been shown to have activity in brain metastases - none are commonly used. This leaves a market with great unmet need and little competition - but who will fill the hole?

Published By Datamonitor
01 Feb 2002
CommentWire
CommentWire

Watson Pharmaceuticals: Gelnique to benefit from first-to-market status

Watson Pharmaceuticals's Gelnique is the first gel to be approved by the FDA for the treatment of overactive bladder, and provides an advantageous side-effect profile over current oral anticholinergic and patch treatments. As a result, Datamonitor expects Gelnique to be beneficial for a niche population and to generate $124m in 2016.

Published By Datamonitor
28 Jan 2009

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