Monday, 8 September 2014

Cost is a focus for GSK for the new wave of biotech lung drugs

A new group of biotech lung drugs that have produced promising results in clinical tests are now up against the issue of how cost-effective that are. The first is likely to be launched next year by GlaxoSmithKline. Rival firms including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and AstraZeneca are racing to develop similar injectable drugs for patients with severe asthma, who do not respond adequately to traditional inhalers. It is all in pursuit of a new market that analysts believe may be worth around $7.5 billion in annual sales. GSK, the leader in asthma treatments since launching its Ventolin inhaler in 1969, consolidated its position in the new field by presenting late-stage Phase III data on its experimental drug mepolizumab at the European Respiratory Society congress in Munich on Monday. 

As Gsk planned cost-effectiveness studies to show the value of its new product, documentations and research that goes into the whole process is very scientific and extensive. This is called the Real World Evidence Solutions (RWE).

The Turacoz Healthcare Solution’s team comprises of multidisciplinary professionals who are highly experienced in developing documents in real world evidence settings. Our RWE experts can provide information at every stage of a drug’s development by providing a thorough research, understanding of disease, treatment patterns and performance of the product. RWE solutions are the combination of the best available research (primary and secondary) evidence with clinical experience along with ascertaining patient needs.


After testing the efficacy and safety of a drug for clinical trials, the drug comes to the market. The health care stakeholders have to think beyond the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for making the drug worthy for the payers: private insurance companies, government or individuals. In the broader sense only efficacy is not sufficient for the drug to perform well and contribute to the healthcare. Assessing effectiveness is an equally important to convince the stakeholders and policy makers to include the drug in the treatment guidelines and adapt for the state prescription. The RWE is the comprehensive understanding about the working of the drug outside the controlled clinical trial environment. 
·         Observational Study
·         Systematic Review
·         Meta -analysis
·         Publications and Poster Presentation

Read more at : Reuters.

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