Launch of Additional First- and Second-Line Options Will Substantially Expand the Treatment Landscape for Myelodysplastic Syndromes Through 2023

BURLINGTON, Mass., April 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources Group finds that azacitidine (Celgene's Vidaza, generics) will continue to be the patient share leader in treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in the United States and major European markets during the 2013-2023 study period. According to clinical trial data and expert opinion, treatment options for MDS will expand significantly over the next decade with the launches of as many as five novel therapies: Cyclacel's sapacitabine, Mirati Therapeutics' mocetinostat, Celgene's oral azacitidine, Onconova's oral rigosertib and Acceleron/Celgene's sotatercept, as well as a label extension for GlaxoSmithKline's Revolade/Promacta.  

Other key findings from the Niche Markets and Rare Diseases Myelodysplastic Syndromes report:

• Increase in the size of MDS population: Driven by an aging population, the number of newly diagnosed incident cases of MDS in the six major markets under study will increase by more than 20 percent during 2013-2023 study period.
• Revlimid approval in Europe: Interviewed experts report that low reimbursement obstacles for Celegene's Revlimid in major European markets following its 2013 approval are driving expanded use of this agent among lower-risk European MDS patients who have the underlying chromosomal deletion 5q abnormality. Ongoing trials evaluating use of Revlimid in combination with hypomethylating agents, such as azacitidine, in higher-risk patients could further drive its uptake and overall growth of the MDS market. 
• Opportunities for new product development: According to thought leaders, an improved molecular understanding of MDS could unearth therapeutic targets for subpopulations that have poor outcomes with currently available therapies. Interviewed experts believe that great strides are being made towards a clinically relevant, molecular understanding of MDS.
• Optimizing drug development in MDS: Interviewed experts call for drug developers to facilitate clinical trial recruitment and participation by easing financial and logistic burden on both clinicians and their MDS patients, such as coordinating recruitment, transportation and lodging while receiving investigational agents.

Comments from Decision Resources Group Analyst Jing Wu, M.S., M.B.A.:

• "Short of a pharmacological cure, the key unmet needs in MDS are improved overall survival and quality of life, which will be addressed to some extent by the market entry of novel therapies. Interviewed thought leaders note that higher-risk MDS patients are at great risk of progressing to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Physicians believe that this pathological connection may allow developers to evaluate AML therapies in MDS as they strive towards molecularly-targeted, biomarker-enabled therapies."
• "By 2023, we believe injectable and oral formulations will together maintain azacitidine's status as the patient share leader in MDS. Although physicians and patients will prefer the convenience of new oral formulation, the availability of generic injectable azacitidine will likely hinder uptake of the oral drug."

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