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.
Simponi is a chimeric human-mouse IgG1? mAb that binds with high affinity to TNF-a and is administered subcutaneously with an injectable pen or a prefilled syringe. It is marketed by Janssen as a patient-friendly alternative treatment to Remicade. The benefit that Simponi offers is the SC administration, which means there are no injection site-related adverse reactions.
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