Pharmaceutical Key Trends 2010

Pharmaceutical Key Trends 2010 
  Highlights
 Pharma faces a number of key resistors to 
growth including the impending 2011 patent cliff Annual sales growth of pharmaceuticals in the
which is set to erode $78 billion in global brandedemerging markets is already double-digit, providing
sales from drugs facing patent expiry over thea key opportunity for Pharma. Revenue streams
201014 period (plus $32 billion from continuedin these markets can be derived from launching
erosion of already expired brands). Price cuts,branded off-patent drugs, branded generics, and
reimbursement restrictions and growing regulatorylocal brands owned or licensed by the acquiring
pressure are further set to limit sales growthpharma company.
going forward. ( ) 
  Pharma is moving away from the ""me-too""
 Scopeand increasingly genericized primary care market
 towards more high value biologic therapies in
 * Overview of the key drivers and resistorssecondary care as well as more niche markets;
facing Pharma, Biotech and generics players outmarkets with little or no existing competition, and
to 2014which despite their smaller size (in terms of
 * Analysis of recent regulatory changes in thepatient numbers) are still commercially attractive.
US, EU and emerging markets and their impact on 
pricing and reimbursement, drug development and To maintain profitability in the face of slowing
marketingsales to 2014, pharma companies have
 * Examination of key global and country-specificimplemented a number of cost-cutting measures
issues facing both biosimilars and generics players(in addition to strategic repositioning and
 * Assessment of the impact of the globaldiversification strategies) in order to boost
economic downturn on the Pharma and Biotechprofitability going forward.
sectors and their respective counter strategies