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.
Each sfRowasa unit is a 60mL rectal suspension that delivers up to 4g of mesalamine to the left side of the colon. sfRowasa sulfite-free (sf) formulation is the first sulfite-free rectal suspension available for the treatment of UC. The results of a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology in 1998 showed that products containing sulfites may be the cause of a possible flare in UC patients (Levine et al, 1998, Year). Hydrogen sulfide is a luminally-acting, bacterially-derived molecule that is harmful to cells and has been implicated in UC.
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