News Focus
News Focus
Post# of 257250
Next 10
Followers 842
Posts 122790
Boards Moderated 10
Alias Born 09/05/2002

Re: ciotera post# 123935

Tuesday, 07/26/2011 1:58:26 PM

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:58:26 PM

Post# of 257250
How does Gilenya affect Copaxone?

According to NVS’ 2Q11 CC, 55% of US Gilenya patients were previously
taking no drug for MS, and 45% of Gilenya patients switched from another
drug. Of the 45% who switched, ~38% (i.e. 17% of US Gilenya patients)
switched from Copaxone, as can be seen from the chart below. Thus, each
US patient start on Gilenya is subtracting 0.17 from the number of
patients taking Copaxone
. This number increased from NVS’ estimate
of 0.125-0.15 patients six months ago (#msg-59293907).



Source: http://www.novartis.com/downloads/investors/event-calendar/2011/2011-07-novartis-q2-presentation.pdf (slide #39)

“The efficient-market hypothesis may be
the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated
in any area of human knowledge!”

Trade Smarter with Thousands

Leverage decades of market experience shared openly.

Join Now