Merck KGaA's brace of new products started to garner sales in the third quarter, but the big pharma maintained its 2017 guidance at the lower end of the forecast range in the face of increasing competition to its established pharmaceutical products and to its liquid crystal materials, and currency headwinds.
Sales of Merck KGAA's new short-course oral multiple sclerosis therapy, Mavenclad (cladribine), amounted to €3-4m in the third quarter, and sales of the company's second new product, the anticancer checkpoint inhibitor, Bavencio (avelumab), are expected to have sales in 2017 of around €20m, reported the company's Chief Financial Officer Marcus Kuhnert.
Mavenclad may have taken years to gain regulatory approval – it was rejected by European regulators in 2010 and 2011...
Merck’s immuno-oncology blockbuster was the world’s best-selling drugs by revenues for the second year in a row, with an almost $12bn lead over its closest rival, Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drug Ozempic.
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2030 sales forecasts for Novo’s obesity hope are an order of magnitude larger than its closest rival among 2025’s expected debutantes.
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals is putting more sales and marketing heft behind its novel eyelid disease therapy, Xdemvy, to capitalize on a solid start in a previously untapped market.
Companies stand a better chance of securing public reimbursement in Mexico for innovative medicines if they understand changing approaches to healthcare. The shift means the emergence of managed entry agreements and a focus on economic impact, explains AMIIF, Mexico's research-based pharmaceutical industry association.
Novartis’s APMA chief outlines the company’s tailored approach to deliver long-term outcomes, novel access solutions via innovative financing options and shape the CVD disease ecosystem in the extraordinarily diverse region. Partnering to build AI infrastructure is another key prong.
A court order encompassing funding, drug pricing, clinical trials and overall policy implementation aspects is expected to bring about a paradigm shift in the treatment of rare diseases in India. Sarepta, Roche and Sanofi are among the key players that have been part of pricing discussions.
