INTRODUCTION
STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
This report provides an in-depth look at the life stories of drugs with orphan disease designation(s) that had sales in excess of $200 million in 2002. The report examines in detail orphan drugs that have become multimillion-dollar products, provides revenues for leading orphan products, presents current and future strategies of companies developing orphan products as well as diseases addressed by these products, describes current and possible future legislation affecting the development and marketing of orphan drugs in the U.S. and internationally, and examines the historical and current relationship between the biotech industry and the Orphan Drug Act as well as the future relationship of pharmacogenomics to the Act. Also included are profiles of companies with blockbuster orphan products and companies specializing in orphan products, with particular focus on their development and marketing strategies. Forecasts and trends are gleaned from industry sources as well as from considered assessment of emerging products and technologies.
REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
As of mid-2003, 221 orphan drugs had been developed that are indicated for the treatment of rare diseases affecting approximately 11 million patients. Between 1992 and 2002, orphan drugs accounted for 17% of all drugs and biologics approved for sale in the U.S. Some orphan products have sales in excess of $1 billion annually.
A drug may receive orphan designation as its first indication or it may be approved for an orphan disease after it has been marketed for a nonorphan indication. This report describes in detail the special advantages of orphan product designation, which include the following:
- assistance from the FDA in various stages of product development
- tax incentives for sponsors in the form of tax credits for clinical research; the tax credit may be claimed whether or not the product is approved by the FDA
- grant funding to defray costs of qualified clinical testing expenses incurred in connection with the development of orphan products
- seven years of marketing exclusivity after approval of an orphan drug product.
This report provides histories of drugs initially designated as orphan products that became blockbusters by treating only orphan diseases as well as those that subsequently received other approvals that turned them into blockbusters. The overall purpose of the report is to provide a better understanding of the characteristics of orphan drug designation and the commercial advantages associated with the development of orphan drugs. To this end, strategies of companies focusing on the development of orphan drugs as well as those that incorporate orphan products into a broader development pipeline are discussed.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY AND FOR WHOM
This report analyzes the advantages of orphan product development and traces the development, commercialization and strategy for receiving initial and subsequent orphan and nonorphan disease designations for products. The report provides information needed to understand the impact of orphan product development on the marketplace, both historically and in the future. This report is intended to be a tool for business planners, acquisitions specialists, licensing strategists, product managers, market research analysts, investor consultants, and anyone interested in the pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals markets and the role of orphan drugs in these markets.
SCOPE AND FORMAT
This report focuses on marketed and in-development products with orphan disease indications. The Overview chapter defines the criteria for orphan drug designation, the history of the Orphan Drug Act and its influence on product development, and the advantages inherent in orphan drug designation.
The Products chapter provides detailed discussion of products with orphan drug designation that had sales in excess of $200 million in 2002, recently introduced orphan products with a sales potential of $200 million annually or more, and selected orphan products in development. Sales projections are provided for many of the 26 products analyzed in this section.
The Applications chapter provides an overview of specific orphan diseases for which products exist and the sales of leading orphan products for these diseases.
The chapter on Legislation and the Regulatory Environment outlines public and private agencies involved in the support and development of products for orphan diseases, outlines orphan drug legislation in other countries and how this legislation differs from the American Orphan Drug Act and discusses the controversial topics of orphan drugs that have annual treatment costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and those orphan products that have multibillion dollar annual sales.
The Industry chapter provides an analysis of the relationship between the Orphan Drug Act and the biotechnology boom in the 1980s and the effect of pharmacogenomics on the development of orphan products in the future, outlines leading companies in terms of number and sales of marketed orphan drug products, provides strategies for success utilized by five companies focusing on the development and marketing of orphan products and assesses the impact of the Orphan Drug Act on public and private investment in drugs for rare diseases.
The Company Profiles chapter provides a close look at companies currently participating in the development and/or marketing of orphan drugs, including companies that specialize in the development of products for orphan diseases only.
METHODOLOGY
The base year for this study is 2003. Market figures are based on revenues at the manufacturers' level and are projected at 2003 dollar value (i.e., inflation is not computed into the projection figures).
Data to prepare this study was derived from information obtained from product managers, marketing strategists, research executives, government agency spokespersons and directors of organizations focused on specific orphan diseases. In addition, information also was obtained from others at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that have products for orphan diseases on the market or in development.
INFORMATION SOURCES
The information and analysis presented in this report are based on an extensive survey of the pharmaceutical industry as well as a detailed examination of published literature and reports obtained from regulatory authorities, medical research institutions, pharmaceutical trade associations, and national and world health organizations. Key information from the business literature was used as to obtain expert opinion on commercial potential and market sizes from industry professionals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION- STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
- REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
- CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY AND FOR WHOM
- SCOPE AND FORMAT
- METHODOLOGY
- INFORMATION SOURCES
- AUTHOR'S CREDENTIALS
- RELATED BCC, INC. REPORTS
- BCC ONLINE SERVICES
- Summary Table:
GLOBAL SALES OF DRUGS APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASES WITH SALES EXCEEDING $200 MILLION, 2002 THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS) - Summary Figure:
GLOBAL SALES OF DRUGS APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASES WITH SALES EXCEEDING $200 MILLION, 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- DEFINITION OF AN ORPHAN DRUG
- THE INCIDENCE OF RARE DISEASES
- Table 1 MEAN PATIENT POPULATION FOR DESIGNATED ORPHAN PRODUCTS AT THE TIME
OF DESIGNATION, 1983-2008
- THE NEED FOR INCENTIVES TO DEVELOP DRUGS FOR RARE DISEASES
- COSTS
- EXCLUSIVITY
- MARKET SIZE AND SHAREHOLDERS
- PATENT PROTECTION
- INCENTIVES
- HISTORY OF THE ORPHAN DRUG ACT
- THE PURPOSE OF THE ORPHAN DRUG ACT
- THE 1992 RESPONSE FROM THE FDA
- THE EFFECT OF 20 YEARS OF THE ORPHAN DRUG ACT
- THE AVERAGE COST OF DEVELOPING AN ORPHAN DRUG
- MARKETING ORPHAN DRUGS
- PERCENTAGE OF PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN FOR ORPHAN PRODUCTS
- BILLS PASSED IN 2002 INCREASE FUNDING AND ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF RARE DISEASES
- ORPHAN DRUGS DRAMATICALLY DECREASE MORTALITY IN RARE DISEASES
- CONCERNS ABOUT THE ORPHAN DRUG ACT
- ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATION
- ADVANTAGES OF ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATION
- Creation of the Orphan Drug Product Board
- Assistance from the FDA
- Open Clinical Trials
- Tax Credits
- Tax Credits and Pre-Tax Expenditures 1983 through 1993
- ADVANTAGES OF ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATION
- THE NEED FOR INCENTIVES TO DEVELOP DRUGS FOR RARE DISEASES
- Table 2 FDA ORPHAN DRUG MARKETING APPROVALS, TAX CREDIT, PRE-TAX EXPENDITURES AND PRE-TAX EXPENDITURES PER APPROVED DRUG, 1983-1993 ($MILLIONS)
- Table 2 (CONTINUED)
- Tax Credits and Pre-Tax Expenditures 1995 through 2000
- Table 3 FDA ORPHAN DRUG MARKETING APPROVALS, TAX CREDITS AND PRE-TAX
EXPENDITURES: 1995-2000
- Grant Funding
- Marketing Exclusivity
- FDA Enforcement
- Exclusivity Period and Coverage
- A Boon to Biotech
- Proposed 1990 Amendments to the Market Exclusivity Clause
- Other Legislation Efforts to Modify the Market Exclusivity Clause
- 1992 Amendment to the Market Exclusivity Clause
- 1992 Amendment to the Marketc(Continued)
- The Orphan Product Board
- Other Advantages Not Specifically Indicated in the Orphan Drug Act
- No Regulatory Restrictions on Pricing
- Exemption from User Fees
- Off-Label Use
- Orphan Drugs Emerge as Blockbusters
- AMENDMENTS TO THE ORPHAN DRUG ACT
- The 1984 Amendment
- The 1985 Amendments
- The 1988 Amendment
- The 1992 Amendment
- PROFITABILITY OF ORPHAN DRUGS
- DISINCENTIVES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORPHAN DRUGS
- CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE REGULATION
- TORT LIABILITY AND INSURANCE
- Tort Liability and Insurance (Continued)
- ORPHAN DRUGS APPROVED AS OF THE END OF 2002
- ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATIONS SINCE 1983
- NUMBER OF ORPHAN DRUGS APPROVED ANNUALLY SINCE 1983
- Table 4 FDA ORPHAN DRUG MARKETING APPROVALS: 1983-2002
- Table 4 (CONTINUED)
- PERCENTAGE OF ORPHAN DRUG APPROVALS IN OVERALL DRUG APPROVALS
- Table 5 DRUGS AND BIOLOGICS APPROVED BY THE FDA FROM 1992 TO 2002: A COMPARISON OF PRODUCTS WITH AND WITHOUT ORPHAN DRUG STATUS
- Table 5 (CONTINUED)
- ORPHAN DRUGS WITH SALES EXCEEDING $200 MILLION IN 2002
- Table 6 GLOBAL ORPHAN DRUGS WITH SALES EXCEEDING $200 MILLION, 2002
- Table 6 (CONTINUED)
- Table 6 (CONTINUED)
- Table 6 (CONTINUED)
- Table 6 (CONTINUED)
- REGIONAL SALES OF DRUGS WITH ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATIONS
- Table 7 REGIONAL SALES OF DRUGS WITH ORPHAN DRUGS DISEASE INDICATIONS, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 1 REGIONAL SALES OF DRUGS WITH ORPHAN DRUGS DISEASE INDICATIONS, 2003 AND 2008 (%)
- Table 8 DRUGS WITH SALES EXCEEDING $200 MILLION APPROVED ONLY FOR ORPHAN INDICATIONS, 2002
- Table 8 (CONTINUED)
- AVONEX™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Avonex™ (Originally Approved for Orphanc(Continued)
- Sales of Avonex™
- BETASERON™/BETAFERON™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN
DISEASE INDICATION)
- Recent Approvals
- Sales of Betaseron™
- BOTOX™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Production of Botox™
- Production of Botox™ (Continued)
- Future Indications
- Treatment of Clubfoot
- Treatment of Headaches
- Treatment of Incontinence
- Treatment of Morbid Obesity
- Sales of Botox™
- Reimbursement for Botox™
- CEREZYME™/CEREDASE™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN
DISEASE INDICATION)
- Sales of Cerezyme™
- COPAXONE™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Sales of Copaxone™
- ELLENCE™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Sales of Ellence™
- ENBREL™
- Method of Action
- New Indications
- Indications in Development
- Physicians Prefer Enbrel™ to Remicade™
- Sales of Enbrel™
- EPOGEN™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Cost Comparison of Epogen™ vs. Aranesp™
- Epogen™ Prevails in Patent Infringement Litigation
- Sales of Epogen™
- GAMIMUNE N™ (INITIALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Sales of Gamimune N™
- GENOTROPIN™
- Sales of Genotropin™
- GLEEVEC/GLIVEC™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE
INDICATION)
- Recent Indications Approved
- Indications in Development
- Sales of Gleevec™
- GONAL-F™
- Sales of Gonal F
- HUMATROPE™
- Sales of Humatrope™
- INTRON A™
- Sales of Intron A™/PEG-Intron™/Rebetol™
- KOGENATE™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Sales of Kogenate™
- LAMICTAL™
- Sales of Lamictal™
- LUPRON™
- Sales of Lupron™
- NEUPOGEN™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Sales of Neupogen™
- NORDITROPIN™
- NOVOSEVEN™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Future Indications
- Sales of NovoSeven™
- PROCRIT/EPREX™ (PROCRIT ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE
INDICATION)
- Sales of Procrit/Eprex™
- PROTROPIN/NUTROPIN
- Nutropin™ Formulations
- Sales of Protropin/Nutropin™
- REMICADE™
- Recent Approvals
- Future Indications
- Sales of Remicade™
- RITUXAN™/MABTHERA™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN
DISEASE INDICATION)
- Future Indications
- Sales of Rituxan™
- SANDOSTATIN LAR™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE
INDICATION)
- Sales of Sandostatin LAR™
- TAXOL™
- Sales of Taxol™
- TOPAMAX™
- Future Indications
- Sales of Topamax™
- ZOMETA™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Sales of Zometa™
- RECENTLY INTRODUCED ORPHAN DRUG PRODUCTS PROJECTED TO HAVE SALES
EXCEEDING $200 MILLION ANNUALLY
- ALDURAZYME™
- Aldurazyme™ (Continued)
- Potential Use in Hurler Disease
- Lysosolutions™ Launched
- Pricing and Cost of Aldurazyme
- Sales Projections for Aldurazyme™
- ONTAK™
- REPLAGAL™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE
INDICATION)
- Sales of Replagal™
- VELCADE™
- FDA Approval
- Future Indications
- Sales of Velcade™
- ZEVALIN™
- First Radioimmunotherapeutic Drug
- Results of Trials
- Additional Areas of Investigation
- Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Potential Competitor
- Sales of Zevalin™
- ALDURAZYME™
- OTHER SELECTED RECENTLY APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS
- ALINIA™
- ARALAST™
- CAMPATH™/MABCAMPATH™
- Campath™/Mabcampath™ (Continued)
- ELITEK™
- FABRAZYME
- Projected Sales of Fabrazyme
- ORFADIN™
- REMODULIN™
- SUBUTEX/SUBOXONE
- SYNTHETIC PORCINE SECRETIN™
- XYREM™
- SELECTED PRODUCTS IN DEVELOPMENT WITH ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATION
- AMD-3100™
- AMD-3100™ (Continued)
- ANTIGASTRIN IMMUNOGEN™ (6117DT)
- BLYS™
- CLOFARABINE™
- DECITABINE™
- HUMAN GAMMAGLOBULIN™
- I2S™
- MOLI1901™
- THERALUX™ PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
- VIRAZOLE™
- VIRULIZIN™
- ZAVESCA™
- AMD-3100™
- VACCINES FOR ORPHAN DISEASES
- ORPHAN DRUG SALES BY TECHNOLOGY
- AVONEX™ (ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASE INDICATION)
- Table 9 FORECAST OF LEADING BIOLOGICAL ORPHAN DRUG SALES, WORLDWIDE: THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 2 FORECAST OF LEADING BIOLOGICAL ORPHAN DRUG SALES, WORLDWIDE: 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 10 FORECAST OF LEADING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY ORPHAN DRUG SALES, WORLDWIDE: THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 3 FORECAST OF LEADING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY ORPHAN DRUG SALES, WORLDWIDE: 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- CANCER
- Table 11 INCIDENCE, MORTALITY, AND SURVIVAL RATES FOR COMMON CANCERS: U.S., 2000
- Table 11 (CONTINUED)
- Table 12 CANCER PREVALENCE RATES: U.S., 2000
- LEUKEMIAS
- Acute Lymphocytic/Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Acute Myelogenous/Myelocytic Leukemia
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Chronic Myelocytic/Myelogenous Leukemia
- LYMPHOMAS
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- NonHodgkin's Lymphoma
- MULTIPLE MYELOMA
- SOLID TUMORS
- CANCER-RELATED CONDITIONS
- Hypercalcemia
- CANCER TREATMENT OPTIONS
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT CANCER AND CANCER RELATED CONDITIONS
- LEUKEMIAS
- Table 13 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT CANCER AND CANCER-RELATED CONDITIONS
- Table 13 (CONTINUED)
- Table 13 (CONTINUED)
- Table 13 (CONTINUED)
- SALES OF LEADING ORPHAN PRODUCTS TO TREAT CANCER AND CANCER-RELATED CONDITIONS
- Table 14 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT CANCER: WORLDWIDE,
THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND BLOOD DISORDERS
- ANEMIA
- HYPERCALCEMIA
- HYPERTENSION
- HYPOTENSION
- NEUTROPENIA
- TACHYARRHYTHMIAS/TACHYCARDIA
- THROMBOCYTHEMIA
- THROMBOCYTOPENIA
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND BLOOD DISORDERS
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND BLOOD DISORDERS
- Table 15 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND BLOOD DISORDERS
- Table 15 (CONTINUED)
- SALES OF LEADING ORPHAN PRODUCTS TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND BLOOD DISORDERS
- Table 16 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND BLOOD DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 4 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASES AND BLOOD DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- ACNE ROSACEA
- ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT DERMATOLOGIC DISEASES
- DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 17 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES
- GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
- CHOLELITHIASIS
- ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
- GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
- Table 18 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
- GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- ALPHA-1 PROTEINASE DEFICIENCY
- FABRY DISEASE
- GAUCHER DISEASE
- HEMOPHILIA
- MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS I AND II
- Hurler Disease
- GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 19 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM HURLER
DISEASE, 2003
- TYROSINEMIA
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 20 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 20 (CONTINUED)
- Table 20 (CONTINUED)
- Table 20 (CONTINUED)
- SALES OF LEADING ORPHAN PRODUCTS TO TREAT GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 21 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 5 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT GENETIC DISEASES AND
DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- IMMUNE DISEASES
- COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY
- INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS
- JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
- ORGAN TRANSPLANT REJECTION
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT IMMUNE AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AND TRANSPLANT REJECTION
- IMMUNE DISEASES
- Table 22 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT IMMUNE AND AUTOIMMUNE
DISEASES/TRANSPLANTATION REJECTION
- SALES OF LEADING ORPHAN PRODUCTS TO TREAT IMMUNE AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AND TRANSPLANT REJECTION
- Table 23 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT IMMUNE
DISEASES/TRANSPLANT REJECTION: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
- CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS
- CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS
- CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS
- GIARDIASIS
- HEMORRHAGIC FEVER
- HYDATID DISEASE
- KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS
- LEISHMANIASIS
- LEPROSY
- MALARIA
- NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS
- PNEUMOCYSTIC CARINII PNEUMONIA
- RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS
- TUBERCULOSIS
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Table 24 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Table 24 (CONTINUED)
- Table 24 (CONTINUED)
- SALES OF LEADING ORPHAN PRODUCTS TO TREAT INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Table 25 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT INFECTIOUS DISEASES:
WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
- ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
- CROHN'S DISEASE
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
- INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
- Table 26 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
- SALES OF LEADING ORPHAN PRODUCTS TO TREAT INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
- Table 27 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT INFLAMMATORY
DISEASES: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- BLEPHAROSPASM
- DYSTONIA
- EPILEPSY
- LENNOX-GASTAUT SYNDROME
- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
- NARCOLEPSY/CATAPLEXY
- STRABISMUS
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 28 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 28 (CONTINUED)
- SALES OF LEADING ORPHAN PRODUCTS TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 29 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 6 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL
DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- IMPAIRED SPERMATOGENESIS
- PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 30 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 30 (CONTINUED)
- SALES OF LEADING ORPHAN PRODUCTS TO TREAT REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 31 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 7 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT REPRODUCTIVE
DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- RESPIRATORY DISEASES
- APNEA
- HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE
- MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION
- PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT RESPIRATORY DISEASES
- RESPIRATORY DISEASES
- Table 32 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASES
- OTHER SELECTED RARE DISEASES AND DISORDERS FOR WHICH ORPHAN PRODUCTS
ARE AVAILABLE
- ACROMEGALY
- CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE
- CYSTINOSIS
- HOMOCYSTINURIA
- IMMUNOLOGIC (IDIOPATHIC) THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
- MASTOCYTOSIS
- PAGET'S DISEASE
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS APPROVED TO TREAT MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- OTHER SELECTED RARE DISEASES AND DISORDERS FOR WHICH ORPHAN PRODUCTS
ARE AVAILABLE
- Table 33 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS FOR MISCELLANEOUS INDICATIONS
- Table 33 (CONTINUED)
- Table 33 (CONTINUED)
- PUBLIC AGENCIES INVOLVED IN ORPHAN DRUG DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S.
- PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS THE "RARE DISEASES ACT OF 2002" AND "RARE DISEASES ORPHAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2002"
- NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS CALLS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GENERIC BIOLOGICS
- CONCERN ABOUT ACCESS
- CONCERN ABOUT COST
- DEVELOPING A COMPETITIVE BIOLOGICS MARKET
- THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING GENERIC BIOLOGICS
- The Feasibility of Developing Genericc(Continued)
- PRIVATE AGENCIES INVOLVED IN ORPHAN DRUG DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S.
- BIG PHARMA
- NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS
- BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION
- PASSAGE OF ORPHAN DRUG LEGISLATION BY OTHER NATIONS
- RARE DISEASE TREATMENT-A GLOBAL PROBLEM AND A GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
- Legislation in the European Union
- Exclusivity
- Other Economic Incentives
- Goals of Legislation
- The Marketing Approval Process
- Approval Procedure for an Orphan Drug
- The Committee of Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP)
- Characteristics of Orphan Diseases and Drugs
- RARE DISEASE TREATMENT-A GLOBAL PROBLEM AND A GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
- Table 34 COMPARISON OF NATIONAL MEASURES ON ORPHAN DRUGS IN THE E.U.
- Access to Orphan Drugs
- Table 35 DIFFERENCES IN ACCESS TO ORPHAN DRUGS IN VARIOUS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
- Table 35 (CONTINUED)
- Legislation in France
- Legislation in France (Continued)
- Marketing Approval of a Drug to Treat a Rare Disease
- Legislation in Australia
- Legislation in Canada
- Legislation in Japan
- Receipt of Orphan Drug Designation
- Incentives for Developers of Orphan Drugs
- Legislation in Singapore
- COMPARISON OF ORPHAN DRUG LEGISLATION IN THE U.S., E.U., AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN
- Table 36 COMPARISON OF ORPHAN DRUG LEGISLATION/PROVISIONS IN THE U.S., E.U.,
AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN
- Harmonization Is the Key
- Orphan Drug Designation May Facilitate Overseas Introduction of Products
- Legislation in Third World Countries
- ORPHAN VACCINES
- ORPHAN VACCINES (CONTINUED)
- PRICING OF VACCINES
- PATENT PROTECTION FOR VACCINES
- VACCINES FOR THIRD WORLD DISEASES
- Development Strategy
- Improving the Availability of Orphan Vaccines
- Improving the Availability of Orphanc(Continued)
- Improving the Availability of Orphanc(Continued)
- WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT ORPHAN DRUGS THAT MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY?
- cAND ORPHAN DRUGS THAT COST TOO MUCH?
- cAND ORPHAN DRUGS THAT COST TOOc(CONTINUED)
- MEDICARE REDUCES FUNDING FOR RARE DISEASES
- THE ORPHAN DRUG ACT GIVES BIRTH TO BIOTECH
- Table 37 GROWTH IN BIOLOGIC ORPHAN PRODUCTS, 1983-2000 (%)
- Table 38 ORPHAN DRUG STATUS OF THE TOP 10 BIOTECH DRUGS IN 2002
- INNOVATIVE ORPHAN DRUG TECHNOLOGY
- ORPHAN-ONLY DRUG COMPANIES ESTABLISHED
- THE HEALTH OF BIOTECH COMPANIES IN 2003
- COMPANIES WITH THE MOST APPROVED INDICATIONS FOR ORPHAN DRUGS
- Table 39 MARKETERS OF ORPHAN DRUGS AND NUMBER OF APPROVED INDICATIONS (AS OF 5/15/03)
- Table 40 NUMBER OF PRODUCTS APPROVED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ORPHAN
DISEASES-BIG PHARMA VERSUS BIOTECH: MAY 2003
- LEADING COMPANIES IN SALES OF ORPHAN PRODUCTS
- Table 41 SALES OF DRUGS WITH ORPHAN STATUS, BY COMPANY, 2002 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 41 (CONTINUED)
- Table 42 SALES OF LEADING PRODUCTS APPROVED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ORPHAN
DISEASES-BIG PHARMA VERSUS BIOTECH, 2002 ($ MILLIONS)
- STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS IN MARKETING ORPHAN DRUGS-FIVE BUSINESS MODELS
- THE LIPOSOME COMPANY
- NOVAZYME (GENZYME)
- Business Model Attracts Venture Capital
- ORPHAN MEDICAL
- SERONO
- SIGMA-TAU PHARMACEUTICALS
- HOW THE ORPHAN DRUG ACT HAS AFFECTED INVESTMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
PRODUCTS FOR RARE DISEASES
- PUBLIC COMPANIES VERSUS PRIVATE COMPANIES
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VENTURE CAPITAL/PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS AND THE ORPHAN DRUG ACT
- STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS IN MARKETING ORPHAN DRUGS-FIVE BUSINESS MODELS
- Table 43 SELECTED VENTURE CAPITAL/PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN COMPANIES
MARKETING ORPHAN DRUGS
- PHARMACOGENOMICS DRIVES THE ORPHAN DRUG MARKET OF THE FUTURE
- PHARMACOGENOMICS IN DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT
- Three Areas of Benefit
- APPLICATIONS OF PHARMACOGENOMICS
- Selecting the Patient Subpopulation
- Four Subsets of Trial Participants
- Next, a Diagnostic Test
- Avoiding Adverse Effects
- Resurrecting Failed Drugs
- Developing Diagnostics
- PERSONALIZED VERSUS OFF-THE-SHELF MEDICATIONS
- A Flood of New Orphan Drugs?
- PHARMACOGENOMICS IN DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT
- PHARMACOGENOMICS DRIVES THE ORPHAN DRUG MARKET OF THE FUTURE
- ALLERGAN, INC.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN DRUG PRODUCTS
- Botox™
- Approved Indications
- Botox Cosmetic™
- Research and Development
- Table 44 BOTOX CLINICAL TRIALS
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- Table 45 ALLERGAN'S COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENTS
- AMGEN, INC.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN DRUG PRODUCTS
- Epogen™ and Neupogen™
- AMGEN, INC.
- Table 46 AMGEN'S PRODUCT PIPELINE
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- BIOGEN, INC.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN DRUG PRODUCTS
- Avonex™ for Multiple Sclerosis
- Table 47 BIOGEN'S PRODUCT PIPELINE
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- Research and Development
- Marketing and Sales
- Product Improvements
- Biogen's™ Licensing Franchise
- Patents and other Proprietary Rights
- GENENTECH, INC.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN DRUG PRODUCTS
- Protropin™
- Nutropin™
- Rituxan™
- Expanded Indications for Products with Orphan Drug Status
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- Table 48 SELECTED PRODUCTS FROM WHICH GENENTECH RECEIVES ROYALTIES
- GENZYME GENERAL
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN DRUG PRODUCTS
- Aldurazyme™
- Cerezyme™
- Fabrazyme™
- GENZYME GENERAL
- Table 49 GENZYME'S PRODUCT PIPELINE
- Table 49 (CONTINUED)
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS
- Rituxan™
- Zevalin™
- Rituxan™/Zevalin™ Combination Therapy
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- Strategic Alliances
- Genentech, Inc.
- Eisai Co., Ltd.
- Mitsubishi Pharma Corp.
- Seikagaku Corp.
- Schering Aktiengesellschaft
- Table 50 IDEC'S COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
- IMMUNEX CORP.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN DRUG PRODUCTS
- Products in Development
- IMMUNEX CORP.
- Table 51 IMMUNEX'S PRODUCT PIPELINE
- MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- Corporate Strategy (Continued)
- Corporate Strategy (Continued)
- NOVARTIS
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- OPRHAN DRUG PRODUCTS
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- ORPHAN MEDICAL, INC.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- PRODUCTS
- Antizol™ (Fomepizole) for Injection
- Busulfex™ (busulfan) for Injection
- Cystadane™ (betaine Anhydrous for Oral Solution)
- Elliots B Solution™ (Buffered Intrathecal Electrolyte/Dextrose Injection)
- Sucraid™ (sacrosidase) Oral Solution
- Xyrem™
- Antizol-Vet (Fomepizole) for Injection)
- Product Development
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- Corporate Strategy (Continued)
- Corporate Strategy (Continued)
- Alliances
- Acquisitions
- Acquisitions (Continued)
- Acquisitions (Continued)
- PFIZER CORP.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN DRUG PRODUCTS
- Ellence ™
- Genotropin™
- Product Pipeline
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- RARE DISEASE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN DRUG PRODUCTS
- MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
- Table 52 SCHERING-PLOUGH'S PRODUCT PIPELINE
- Table 52 (CONTINUED)
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN DRUG PRODUCT
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
- TRANSKARYOTIC THERAPIES, INC.
- BUSINESS OVERVIEW
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- ORPHAN PRODUCTS
- Table 53 TRANSKARYOTIC THERAPIES' PRODUCT PIPELINE
- Table 53 (CONTINUED)
- CORPORATE STRATEGY
LIST OF TABLES
- Summary Table:
GLOBAL SALES OF DRUGS APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASES WITH SALES EXCEEDING $200 MILLION, 2002 THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS) - Table 1 MEAN PATIENT POPULATION FOR DESIGNATED ORPHAN PRODUCTS AT THE TIME OF DESIGNATION, 1983-2008
- Table 2 FDA ORPHAN DRUG MARKETING APPROVALS, TAX CREDIT, PRE-TAX EXPENDITURES AND PRE-TAX EXPENDITURES PER APPROVED DRUG, 1983-1993 ($MILLIONS)
- Table 3 FDA ORPHAN DRUG MARKETING APPROVALS, TAX CREDITS AND PRE-TAX EXPENDITURES: 1995-2000
- Table 4 FDA ORPHAN DRUG MARKETING APPROVALS: 1983-2002
- Table 5 DRUGS AND BIOLOGICS APPROVED BY THE FDA FROM 1992 TO 2002: A COMPARISON OF PRODUCTS WITH AND WITHOUT ORPHAN DRUG STATUS
- Table 6 GLOBAL ORPHAN DRUGS WITH SALES EXCEEDING $200 MILLION, 2002
- Table 7 REGIONAL SALES OF DRUGS WITH ORPHAN DRUGS DISEASE INDICATIONS, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 8 DRUGS WITH SALES EXCEEDING $200 MILLION APPROVED ONLY FOR ORPHAN INDICATIONS, 2002
- Table 9 FORECAST OF LEADING BIOLOGICAL ORPHAN DRUG SALES, WORLDWIDE: THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 10 FORECAST OF LEADING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY ORPHAN DRUG SALES, WORLDWIDE: THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 11 INCIDENCE, MORTALITY, AND SURVIVAL RATES FOR COMMON CANCERS: U.S., 2000
- Table 12 CANCER PREVALENCE RATES: U.S., 2000
- Table 13 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT CANCER AND CANCER-RELATED CONDITIONS
- Table 14 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT CANCER: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 15 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND BLOOD DISORDERS
- Table 16 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND BLOOD DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 17 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES
- Table 18 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
- Table 19 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM HURLER DISEASE, 2003
- Table 20 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 21 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 22 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT IMMUNE AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES/TRANSPLANTATION REJECTION
- Table 23 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT IMMUNE DISEASES/TRANSPLANT REJECTION: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 24 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Table 25 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT INFECTIOUS DISEASES: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 26 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
- Table 27 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT INFLAMMATORY DISEASES: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 28 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 29 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 30 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- Table 31 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 32 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASES
- Table 33 APPROVED ORPHAN DRUGS FOR MISCELLANEOUS INDICATIONS
- Table 34 COMPARISON OF NATIONAL MEASURES ON ORPHAN DRUGS IN THE E.U.
- Table 35 DIFFERENCES IN ACCESS TO ORPHAN DRUGS IN VARIOUS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
- Table 36 COMPARISON OF ORPHAN DRUG LEGISLATION/PROVISIONS IN THE U.S., E.U., AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN
- Table 37 GROWTH IN BIOLOGIC ORPHAN PRODUCTS, 1983-2000 (%)
- Table 38 ORPHAN DRUG STATUS OF THE TOP 10 BIOTECH DRUGS IN 2002
- Table 39 MARKETERS OF ORPHAN DRUGS AND NUMBER OF APPROVED INDICATIONS (AS OF 5/15/03)
- Table 40 NUMBER OF PRODUCTS APPROVED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ORPHAN DISEASES-BIG PHARMA VERSUS BIOTECH: MAY 2003
- Table 41 SALES OF DRUGS WITH ORPHAN STATUS, BY COMPANY, 2002 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 42 SALES OF LEADING PRODUCTS APPROVED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ORPHAN DISEASES-BIG PHARMA VERSUS BIOTECH, 2002 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 43 SELECTED VENTURE CAPITAL/PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN COMPANIES MARKETING ORPHAN DRUGS
- Table 44 BOTOX CLINICAL TRIALS
- Table 45 ALLERGAN'S COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENTS
- Table 46 AMGEN'S PRODUCT PIPELINE
- Table 47 BIOGEN'S PRODUCT PIPELINE
- Table 48 SELECTED PRODUCTS FROM WHICH GENENTECH RECEIVES ROYALTIES
- Table 49 GENZYME'S PRODUCT PIPELINE
- Table 50 IDEC'S COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
- Table 51 IMMUNEX'S PRODUCT PIPELINE
- Table 52 SCHERING-PLOUGH'S PRODUCT PIPELINE
- Table 53 TRANSKARYOTIC THERAPIES' PRODUCT PIPELINE
LIST OF FIGURES
- Summary Figure:
GLOBAL SALES OF DRUGS APPROVED FOR ORPHAN DISEASES WITH SALES EXCEEDING $200 MILLION, 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS) - Figure 1 REGIONAL SALES OF DRUGS WITH ORPHAN DRUGS DISEASE INDICATIONS, 2003 AND 2008 (%)
- Figure 2 FORECAST OF LEADING BIOLOGICAL ORPHAN DRUG SALES, WORLDWIDE: 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 3 FORECAST OF LEADING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY ORPHAN DRUG SALES, WORLDWIDE: 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 4 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND BLOOD DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 5 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 6 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 7 THE MARKET FOR LEADING ORPHAN DRUGS TO TREAT REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS: WORLDWIDE, 2002-2008 ($ MILLIONS)








