GAUCHER DISEASE TREATMENT MARKET ANALYSIS

Gaucher Disease Treatment MarketSize and Trends

Approval of novel drugs is expected to boost growth of Gaucher disease treatment market

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved multiple drugs in last few years for the treatment of disease. In 2010, FDA approved Vpriv (velaglucerase alfa), an enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), for type 1 Gaucher disease. In 2012, Elelyso (taliglucerase alfa) and in 2014, Cerdelga (eliglustat) was approved by FDA for type 1 Gaucher disease. These drugs offer variety of options based on their requirements, in turn is expected to boost the growth of the market.

In July 2017, The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaborated to promote the use of innovative approaches in the development of medicines for Gaucher disease. Such strategic collaboration of regulatory bodies for the development of novel innovative drugs is expected to boost the growth of Gaucher disease treatment market in near future. Lack of awareness regarding the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of disease among rural population is a major factor restraining market growth.