"Ovarian Cancer Therapeutics in Asia" now available at Fast Market Research

GBI Research, a leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research report, "Ovarian Cancer Therapeutics in Asia-Pacific Markets to 2020 - Off-patent Chemo-regimens to Retain Dominance Despite New Launches". The report provides estimates of the market size for 2013, along with forecasts until 2020 for the Asia-Pacific markets of India, China, Australia and Japan. It also covers disease epidemiology, treatment algorithms, treatment patterns, in-depth analysis of clinical trials including failure rates and pipeline analysis, and analysis of deals relevant to Ovarian Cancer (OC).

Platinum-based chemotherapy, predominantly the chemotherapy regimen paclitaxel and carboplatin, is the standard of care for the treatment of platinum-sensitive OC (both first-line and recurrent). The initial treatment is quite effective, with the majority of patients entering remission. However, almost all relapse, and after successive periods of remission and relapse either die or progress to platinum-resistant disease, for which the prognosis is poor. There is a clear gap in the market for maintenance therapies, as well as for more effective treatment options in platinum-resistant or refractory patients.

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Although the current developmental pipeline is quite crowded, efficacy with these late-stage drugs has been poor, at best demonstrating minimal improvements in progression-free survival, but not overall survival. The promising investigational drug candidates olaparib and trebananib are expected to gain approval during the forecast period. However, even on approval they are not expected to have a high market penetration, owing to their minimal therapeutic efficacy and anticipated premium prices. As a result, the OC market in APAC is expected not be driven by new drug approvals, but primarily by inflation, and the increase in the prevalence of OC. Market revenue is forecast to rise at a limited CAGR of 5.1% to $417.6m in 2020.

Despite the poor clinical performance of current late-stage pipeline drugs, there is evidence of continued interest in the OC market, with a high number of drug candidates in the initial developmental pipeline, particularly at the Preclinical phase. There is a wide range of novel molecular targets distributed among these drug candidates, including growth factors, serine/threonine protein kinases and tumor associated antigens. This suggests a continued interest in introducing more targeted therapies into the treatment of OC, the use of which in this indication lags significantly behind that in others in oncology.

Scope

The report analyzes treatment usage patterns, drug types available and pipeline and market forecasts for OC. It covers and includes -

* A brief introduction to OC, including the disease’s pathogenesis, risk factors and diagnosis

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