Interferon
Interferon
The Competitive Intelligence Report Interferon as of April 2007 provides a competitor analysis in the development pipelines of interferon alpha and interferon beta projects and of other interferon subtypes and subclasses, mainly for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C and of multiple sclerosis.
The report describes the market size and sales figures of the branded interferon products for 2006 and the challenges imposed by biogenerics (syn.: biosimilar , follow-on biologic , follow-on protein ) and improved next generation interferon projects. Improvement is conferred by engineering of the interferon protein, use of drug delivery technologies enabling longer half-life by slow release formulations or pegylation of the molecule or allowing non-invasive administration such as oral dosing.
Among the companies with first and second generation interferon alpha and beta affected by biogenerics are Schering-Plough, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Bayer Schering and Roche. The biogenerics pipeline includes Western companies as well as companies from India , South Korea , China , Argentina and Cuba as the major contribuents of biogeneric proteins. Among these companies are Teva, Bio-Sidus, Glenmark, CJ Corporation many more.
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