Immunologic approaches to cancer therapy are not only increasing in reputation and number, but the market for these products is increasingly becoming a reality. Vaccines are in the forefront of this approach to cancer, and the handful of cancer vaccine products currently on the market for bladder, colon, and skin cancer are soon to be […]

The cost of drug development has soared during the past ten years compelling pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to look for new, smarter ways of conducting clinical research. Driven by mounting market pressures, companies are increasingly implementing outsourcing strategies to increase revenues through faster drug development. By decreasing their in-house facilities and staff, and outsourcing more […]

Type II diabetes is a metabolic disease the increases in incidence and prevalence with age. Type II diabetes (also known as “adult onset diabetes” and “non-insulin dependent diabetes”) is a disease of glucose metabolism in which the individual becomes resistant to the glucose produced by the pancreas. As a result, glucose is not properly metabolized […]

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which was a new and unidentified disease when it first affected people, ripped through Asia and Toronto from late 2002 into the summer of 2003, before being contained for the season. Taiwan with just 346 reported cases performed 10,000 diagnostic tests. Three years after West Nile Virus (WNV) first appeared […]

Over the past three years, Kalorama Information’s analysts have studied drug delivery markets from several angles. In 2001 and 2002, we published a 5-volume series on drug delivery technology, each volume devoted to a route of administration: Volume I: Oral Drug Delivery Volume II: Injectable and Implantable Drug Delivery Volume III: Pulmonary Drug Delivery Volume […]

Rheumatoid arthritis is a progressive disease of the joint structure that may be localized or systemic. It varies significantly in severity, producing symptoms that range from minor aches to severe disability and joint deformity. While rheumatoid arthritis can be diagnosed at any age, for childhood to the later years, it most commonly presents with significant […]

The process of creating a new drug is lengthy and complex. From discovery to development to market, there are numerous pitfalls. In this report, Kalorama focuses on one of the trickiest yet also most promising areas: the interface between discovery and development known as lead optimization. The pressure is on: get better lead compounds faster […]

Diagnostic testing for prion diseases has become more important as countries increase the number of tests to battle the potential public health problem. Academic, government, and industry organizations continue to develop diagnostic testing technologies and policies as preventative measures. The number of prion diagnostic technologies being used and developed for prion diseases primarily reflects the […]

Growth factors are gene products that play important roles in the regulation of cell division and tissue proliferation. Generally, the binding of a growth factor to its receptor initiates or, in some cases, blocks the ability of cells to divide and multiply. The nature and mode of action of these substances have made them of […]

Wound care has come into its own in the last five years and is now recognized as a specialty. The field has become so diverse and dynamic that studying “the wound care market” as a whole is no longer instructive. As technologies begin to be commercialized and products hit the market, segmentation by application is […]