We performed a 5-question survey of 22 oncologists in the US to gauge current prescribing practices for breast cancer treatments, with a focus on HR+/HER2- recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. Drugs discussed: •Ibrance (palbociclib, PFE) •Afinitor (everolimus, NVS) •Halaven (eribulin, Eisai) •Abraxane (nab-paclitaxel, CELG) •Doxil (pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, JNJ) •Gemzar (gemcitabine, LLY) •Xeloda (capecitabine, Roche)
We performed a 5-question survey of 24 oncologists in the US to gauge current prescribing practices for breast cancer treatments, with a focus on HR+/HER2- recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. Drugs and drug candidates discussed: •Neratinib, PBYI •Herceptin (trastuzumab), Roche •Perjeta (pertuzumab), Roche •Kadcyla (trastuzumab-DM1), Roche •Tykerb (lapatinib), GSK
Datamonitor interviewed three infectious diseases specialists to determine the physicians’ views on marketed and pipeline pneumococcal vaccines. Two physicians were based in Chicago, IL and one in the UK. The three interviews were combined into a single report.
Datamonitor interviewed three oncology specialists to determine the physicians’ views on marketed and pipeline therapies for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Two physicians were based in the US (Greater Midwest and Greater Boston areas) and one in the UK. The three interviews were combined into a single report.
Datamonitor interviewed an infectious diseases specialist based in the US Greater Washington DC area to determine this physician’s views on marketed and pipeline meningococcal vaccines.
Biomedtracker performed a 5-question survey of 39 United States and European (France, Germany, Italy, and United Kingdom) oncologists after the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting to gauge interest in new data presented on drugs in clinical development.
We performed a 9-question survey of 29 EU and 31 US hepatologists and gastroenterologists after the European Association of the Study of the Liver (EASL) International Liver Conference (ILC) from April, 2016 in Barcelona to gauge current and projected prescribing practices for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
Biomedtracker interviewed a nephrologist based in the US Midwest to determine his views on the drugs in development for diabetic nephropathy/diabetic kidney disease.
Uptake of Entresto (NVS) in the US has been slow following approval in July 2015. Part of that is due to the time it has taken to secure insurance coverage, but physicians have complained about other insurance barriers, as well, and there are also clinical factors that could play a role.
KOL thinks that the biggest challenge to treating COPD is cost, even with a very low population of uninsured people.
KOL believes that the available schizophrenia treatments that provide the most efficacy also have the highest side effects.
On key factors effecting treatment: “First of all tolerability, because if the tolerability is not good then there will be no adherence. The second is efficacy, and the third one maybe is also whether the compound is also available as a depot. I think that is a major advantage if a drug, if an antipsychotic, is indeed available as a depot or as a long-acting injection (LAI).”
[Newer treatments] are definitely being used in the relapse population, and that’s where they made their mark like most other investigational agents for other cancers. I think the issue is that the response rate with initial induction therapy is so high. Whether or not there is going to be a maintenance-type study strategy, that’s a question with some of these therapies that are relatively low toxicity, but when you have a complete remission rate of 90-95%, and ALL’s not the most common disease – it’s a pretty rare cancer actually – that it’s going to be difficult to do large studies for indications in the randomized setting.
“It [Abraxane] is so easy to give. Women tolerate it so well. It works pretty good, it doesn’t work all the time, it works pretty well, and the patients don’t get so fatigued, they don’t have side effects, they don’t need premeds, and they rarely need to be boosted for white cells decrease. Whereas in the Eribulin, you know they’re gonna be coming back. It’s a pretty easy drug to give. Patients tolerate it fairly well… I use it [Abraxane] as first line and I go back to it. Even if I have somebody that progresses, if they’ve been off of it for a while, I will often even go back to it.”
“When people need therapy (for advanced stage Follicular Lymphoma), there’s a whole gamut. If they have relatively low volume disease, one option, which unfortunately in the community I would say is underutilized, is single-agent rituximab.”
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