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Specialty Pharmacies Market Overview 2006
Knowledge Source Inc., Oct 2006, Pages: 288
Our 2006 Specialty Pharmacies Market Overview provides the information and analysis you need to gain an understanding of the specialty pharmacy market and the trends which affect it. The 2006 Specialty Pharmacies Market Overview also identifies over forty of the major market participants and provides a brief profile on each company which includes (when available): company background, company strategy, products and services, financial information and recent activities.
Specialty pharmaceuticals are generally expensive, injectable therapies used to treat patients with chronic illnesses. Specialty drug spending continues to grow at a rapid pace, driven by increased use of an expanding array of medications. Specialty drugs are now available to treat a wide range of complex diseases, including anemia, cancer, hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, rheumatoid arthritis, immune deficiency, growth hormone deficiency, and infertility. Specialty pharmaceutical's annual costs for drug therapy for complex chronic conditions may range from $6,000 to $350,000. The cost of therapy for common chronic conditions tend to be much lower. The number of biotech drugs in development has grown from 100 in 1990 to over 600 in 2006. The size of the specialty pharmacies market is estimated to be approximately $35 billion in 2006. The specialty pharmacy market is projected to grow to more than $80 billion in 2010.
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