During the forecast period from 2012-2022, the growth of the UC market will be driven largely by the entry of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J’s) Simponi and Takeda’s Entyvio, which will lead to an increase in the overall number of patients being treated with biologics in the US, 5EU, Japan, and Canada. Another key event affecting the UC market is the anticipated launch of biosimilars, given that the patent expiry of the UC blockbusters, Remicade and Humira are set to expire in the US in 2018 and 2016, respectively.
Researcher valued the UC market in Japan at $64m in 2012. By 2022, this figure is expected to rise to $173m, with a CAGR of 10.5% over the 10-year time period. Growth within this market will stem from the increasing number of prevalent cases of UC, as well as the continued uptake of the anti-TNF brand, Remicade. UC is considered a western disease in Japan, and it has been observed that with the westernization of Eastern cultures — namely, their culinary habits — UC is on the rise.

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