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Specialty Pharma Dominates Epilepsy Market, But Does It Have Resources To Develop Disease-Modifying Agents?

 
• By Bridget Silverman

Upsher-Smith’s recent acquisition of research boutique Proximagen highlights the dynamics of the market: specialty pharma extending dominance and introducing new agents to the market, while most early R&D activity originates at small firms. But it may be difficult for this combination of players to bring forth the game-changing therapies that are needed, given the technical challenges of the disease space.

The epilepsy field offers a telling look at some of the larger trends in pharmaceutical research and development in the post-blockbuster era: specialty companies have emerged to dominate as big pharma has retreated from the difficult therapeutic space, but most discovery is coming from small companies that need to find partners to bring their innovations forward.

The advance of specialty pharmaceutical companies toward dominance in epilepsy R&D continued with the June 13 announcement of Upsher-Smith Laboratories Inc.’s purchase of research boutique Proximagen Neuroscience PLC. The...

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