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Cytomegalovirus-Infection-Market
The Increasing Global Burden of Cytomegalovirus Seroprevalence

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common herpes virus, and approximately 50 to 80 per cent of the adult US population has had a CMV infection by the time they turn 40. Once the virus infects an individual, it stays in their bodies in dormant form.  The estimates by DelveInsight suggest that the total number of dia...

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Gaucher disease Market
Gaucher disease Market Analysis: Rich Pipeline Drives the Market Ahead

Gaucher Disease Market is anticipated to enhance in the forecast period owing to a strong Gaucher disease pipeline. According to the National Organization of Rare Diseases, Gaucher disease is a rare, inherited, metabolic disorder, which is characterized by an accumulation of harmful fats, chiefly the glycolipid ...

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FDA
AbbVie Receives Approval; Kymriah Approved; Shire Gets USFDA Approval; NICE Rejects; Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo; Eisai and Merck Get USFDA Approval

AbbVie Receives USFDA Approval for Imbruvica Plus Rituximab as First Chemotherapy-Free Combination Treatment for Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia Adults AbbVie announced that the USFDA approved Imbruvica (ibrutinib) plus rituximab (Rituxan) for the treatment of adult patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (W...

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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy therapies are required with novel and targeted mechanism of action that are more effective, specific, cost effective, and less toxic than existing available treatments.
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy – lack of Effective treatment

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare neurological disorder which is described as the inflammation of nerve roots and peripheral nerves and destruction of the fatty protective covering (myelin sheath) over the nerves. The disease is a chronic form of acute inflammatory demyelinating poly...

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Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) – Active drug pipeline

Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is an autosomal dominant disease which is caused by a deficiency in functional C1 inhibitor. It is a rare hereditary disease which is characterized by painful, unpredictable, recurrent attacks of inflammation and swelling affecting the hands, feet, face, abdomen, urogenital tract, and the...

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Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD): A Rare Indication with great unmet medical need

Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) is a rare lysosomal storage disease which is genetic, degenerative, neurometabolic in nature. It is generally inherited from carrier parents and at present doesn’t have any cure. Patients suffering from MLD are deficient in the arylsulfatase-A enzyme, which is responsible for break...

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Personalized Medicine
Bristol-Myers Squibb to nix; Pfizer commits $100M; Merck and GSK production issues; Shire unloads plant

Loom of Patent Expiry leads Bristol-Myers Squibb to nix 58 marketing jobs Bristol-Myers Squibb will soon bid farewell to its exclusive lock on a pair of HIV drugs—and, as a result, 58 workers will bid farewell to their jobs. The company is making changes to their HIV portfolio businessin anticipation of end-of-year ...

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Novartis gets CAR-T drug; Shire aims to block; Xeljanz stands; Payer snubs; Lawmakers pass a bill

Novartis gets second CAR-T candidate FDA ‘breakthrough’ tag As the battle between Swiss major Novartis and biotech rival Kite Pharma heats up to be the first to market a CAR-T cancer med, the Big Pharma has been handed its second FDA ‘breakthrough’ tag for its eagerly awaited JULIET trial. This latest label, which c...

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Hemophilia A- Market Scenario

Hemophilia is the most common inherited bleeding disorder which leads to spontaneous bleeding as the blood does not clot properly. Hemophilia, characterized by the spontaneous bleeding and swollen joints due to bleeding into the joints, is of several different types- such as Hemophilia A, Hemophilia B, and...

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