Momenta's Glatopa Shown To Have A Weak Market Position Compared To Teva's Copaxone According To Recent Study By Spherix Global Insights

ZUG, Switzerland, May 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent study conducted by Spherix Global Insights found that Teva's Copaxone continues to show a strong market position for all types of MS, despite the fact that a generic challenger, Glatopa, has been on the market for a year and has been actively promoted for nine months.  And time on the market doesn't appear to be helping Glatopa - in Q4, 25% of the surveyed neurologists indicated that they never planned to incorporate Glatopa into their treatment algorithm and that percentage climbed to 40% in Q1 2016.  Among those who have started using Glatopa, the primary barriers to increased use include a concern about the level of patient support and an overall preference for the Copaxone brand.

In the Q1 update of RealTime Dynamix™: Multiple Sclerosis, the majority of surveyed neurologists report a decrease in the overall use of platform injectables with 80% citing increased use of orals in both first and second line use.  Interestingly, while neurologists deem Gilenya's efficacy as superior to that of the other two orals - specifically in terms of reduction of relapses, disability progression, and slowing brain lesions - most neurologists prefer Tecfidera, which captures 50% of the orals market share among the Spherix sample.

Looking to the future, neurologists are excited about Roche's ocrelizumab, especially as an option for patients with progressive forms of MS.  While Biogen's Tysabri faces the greatest threat from an ocrelizumab approval, data from another Spherix study, RealWorld Dynamix™: DMT Switching in MS, indicates that other brands could likewise lose share when (if) ocrelizumab becomes available.

About Spherix Global Insights 
Spherix Global Insights is a newly established business intelligence and market research company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland with US offices in Cambridge, MA. We specialize in renal, autoimmune, neurologic and rare disease markets.  Our aim is to apply our commercial experience and unique relationships within core specialty markets to translate data into insight, enabling our clients to make smarter business decisions.

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