Report: Global Immunology Drugs Market to 2022

Research and Markets announced the addition of the "Global Immunology Drugs Market to 2022 - Increasing Prevalence, Repositioning Opportunities and Strong Uptake of Interleukin Receptor Inhibitors to Drive Growth" report to their offering.

The report focuses on four key indications within immunology: Rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Psoriasis and Inflammatory bowel disease.

Although the patents for many of these mAbs have either already expired or are due to expire during the forecast period, the market is expected to experience continued growth, from $57.7 billion in 2015 to $75.4 billion in 2022, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.88%.

This is due to practical and regulatory barriers to entry for biosimilars that are not present for small molecule generics, and a moderately strong late-stage pipeline. There is a large pharmaceutical pipeline for immunology, consisting of 2,054 products in active development. The majority of pipeline products (73%) are in the early stages of development, at either the Preclinical or Discovery stages, but 96 (5%) are in Phase III.

The key market players, namely AbbVie, Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Amgen and Pfizer, are forecast to maintain their strong market shares throughout the forecast period, despite the fact that many of the approaching patent expiries - especially that of adalimumab, marketed by AbbVie, and Remicade, marketed by Johnson & Johnson - will affect these companies directly.