NSCLC market set to grow to $12.7 billion in 2024, boosted by novel drugs

28 October 2015

The entry of 11 novel therapies into the non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) market will drive the market's growth from $5.4 billion in 2014 to $12.7 billion in 2024, according to a new report from Decision Resources Group.

In addition to the recently approved programmed death-1 inhibitors Opdivo (nivolumab) from Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Keytruda (pembrolizumab) from Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK), three more immune checkpoint inhibitors are slated to enter the NSCLC market: atezolizumab (Roche (ROG: SIX)/Genentech), durvalumab (AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN)/MedImmune) and avelumab (Merck KGaA (MRK: DE)/Pfizer (NYSE: PFE).

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