The ROI of Orphan Drugs-- Ensuring optimal returns (2017)




Orphan drugs are at the forefront of medical science and offer a chance for the pharma industry to make a real difference to peoples lives; theres also the lure of potentially lucrative commercial benefits for those that succeed. But finding the right balance between return on investment (ROI) and optimum patient access is proving difficult. And with only 415 orphan drugs in the marketplace, its still early days.

The ROI of Orphan Drugs: Ensuring Optimal Returns centres on the commercial perspective and provides the inside view from experts already wrestling with the issues arising in the emerging world of rare disease treatments

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The orphan drugs market is lucrative and growing, however its particular challenges require go to market approaches that differ substantially from the norm especially if there is any hope of ROI being achieved. This places the pharma industry at a crossroads on many issues. Should orphan drug prices reflect the level of unmet need, or be built from the bottom up to recoup R&D investment? What ethical stance should the industry be adopting? Are protracted legal battles about exclusivity setting the right tone? Launching an orphan drug and then repurposing it may make sense commercially but is it the right path in the longer term?

Ultimately, how the fledging orphan drugs market resolves these issues will do plenty to influence the reputation of pharma. Will that be for better or worse?

This report will enable you to:

Get up to speed on how the orphan drugs market has developed since The Orphan Drug Act came into force.
Understand in detail why ROI is so difficult to achieve for rare disease treatments.
Explore the commercial potential of orphan drugs including financial and non-financial market incentives.
Breakdown the key challenges to market success and hear expert views on how these are being overcome.
Understand where the patient perspective sits alongside the commercial push to meet ROI targets.
Discover how market frontrunners are using stakeholder engagement strategies to meet ROI targets.
Review the various business models that drive ROI and gain insight into how these may evolve in the future.

Table of Contents
Executive summary
Research objectives
Experts interviewed
Emergence of the orphan drug market

Key Insights
What are orphan drugs?
Meeting unmet medical needs
The Orphan Drug Act
Return on investment

The commercialisation of orphan drugs - viability and attractiveness

Key Insights
Incentives financial and non-financial
Challenges and how companies are overcoming them
Key Insights
Research and development costs
Repurposing existing compounds
Clinical trial recruitment
Pricing
Demonstrating value and effectiveness with RWE
Healthcare budgets and orphan drug funding
Ethical considerations when achieving ROI
Optimising ROI via engagement with stakeholders
Key Insights
Payers
Healthcare Professionals
Patients
Business models that drive ROI
Key Insights
Future orphan drug business models a new approach
SWOT analysis
Conclusion
Achieving ROI and meeting patients needs
What does the future hold?
Biographies

Research Methodology and Objectives

This report puts the commercial focus on orphan drugs and looks at how return on investment can be achieved whilst still driving optimum patient access.

Insights are drawn from in-depth interviews with 8 pharmaceutical company experts with a particular interest in orphan drugs who are currently working in commercial strategy, market access or senior management. The interviews were conducted between September and November 2017. One interviewee chose to remain anonymous.

Danil Blinov, Marketing Lead, Rare Disease - International Developed Markets, Pfizer, UK
Brian Go, Senior Manager, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, US
Patrik Grandits, Head of Commercial Operations and Prokurist, Oncology Europe, Daiichi Sankyo Oncology, Europe GmbH
Philippe Ledru, Senior Director, Global Business Lead, Novartis, US
Luigi Longinotti, Head of Portfolio Managementr - Orphan Drugs, Recordati, Italy
Rick Polio, BS, CMR, MBA, Senior Regional Manager, Pulmonary & Biologics of Pulmonary, Autoimmune Disorders, Rare Disease, and Orphan & Biologics at a major biotech company, US
Gal Le Rouzo, Oncology Scientific & Market Access Manager, EUSA Pharma, France
Anonymous, Pharma executive within a global pharmaceutical company

Key questions explored in this report include:

Are there particular disease areas where it is easier to achieve ROI?
What impact have orphan drug regulations had on ROI?
Do investors value the FDA orphan drug designation?
Do payers value rarity?
What is the best pricing model to ensure ROI?
What are the obstacles to achieving ROI and do these vary geographically?
How do ethical issues come into play within orphan drug ROI?
What evidence is needed to demonstrate the value of orphan drugs?
What is the future of orphan drugs given the difficulty in achieving ROI?
Is a new business model needed for orphan drugs and what might it look like?

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1. Executive summary
2. Research Objectives
3. Experts Interviewed
4. Emergence of the orphan drug market
4.1 Key Insights
4.2 What are orphan drugs?
4.3 Meeting unmet medical needs
4.4 The Orphan Drug Act
4.5 Return on investment
5. The commercialisation of orphan drugs viability and attractiveness
5.1 Key Insights
5.2 Incentives financial and non-financial
6. Challenges and how companies are overcoming them
6.1 Key Insights
6.2 Research and development costs
6.3 Repurposing existing compounds
6.4 Clinical trial recruitment
6.5 Pricing
6.6 Demonstrating value and effectiveness with RWE
6.7 Healthcare budgets and orphan drug funding
6.8 Ethical considerations when achieving ROI
7. Optimising ROI via engagement with stakeholders
7.1 Key Insights
7.2 Payers
7.3 Healthcare Professionals
7.4 Patients
8. Business models that drive ROI
8.1 Key Insights
8.2 Future orphan drug business models a new approach
8.3 SWOT analysis
9. Conclusion
9.1 Achieving ROI and meeting patients needs
9.2 What does the future hold?
10. Biographies

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