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Analysts rank the top 10 blockbuster duds in biopharma
Let's face it: When it comes to new drug approvals, projected blockbuster revenue is one of the sexiest aspects of the story. So when Biogen Idec's new Tecfidera was approved for multiple sclerosis, the main competition was seen in bidding up what the drug is likely to bring in for the Boston-based biotech. And the numbers soared to full mega-blockbuster status.
Which drugs are the biggest duds in blockbuster-land?
EvaluatePharma researchers totted up sales for the last 5 years' worth of analysts' blockbuster picks--and found plenty of bad bets.
Vertex touts success with PhII flu drug, scouts collaboration
Cambridge, MA-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals says it nailed solid mid-stage data for VX-787, an experimental influenza drug in a new class of medications that promises to prevent the virus from replicating. And the biotech added that it will be in hot pursuit of a new collaboration on the drug.
Vertex sales lag as hep C patients pass on Incivek
Vertex Pharmaceuticals ($VRTX) watched its once-high-flying hepatitis C drug go into a nosedive for the fourth quarter. Incivek sales plummeted by 51% to $222.8 million, as fewer new patients elected to start therapy.
Incivek patients died from skin reactions, Vertex says
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has some serious news about its hepatitis C drug Incivek: Some patients have died from serious skin reactions. The treatment, approved last year, was known to cause rash and skin reactions in some people, but this is the first time Vertex has reported deaths from those reactions.
Hep C pill race report 2012: Gilead, others rush toward pharma gold
The evolution of hepatitis C treatment threatens to leave today's dominant companies with fossilized offerings. Vertex and Merck have the state-of-the-art approved drugs against the virus, but both companies are chasing after Gilead Sciences, Abbott Laboratories and others with programs that could be the first to win market approval with pill-only options.
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Vertex records loss as Incivek sales lag
But collaborations with GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson to test combos of its next generation interferon-free hep C drugs saved the day for the company.
Wanted: Premier hepatitis C drug developer to partner with Vertex
Vertex has forecast about $1.25 billion in sales for Incivek this year. But with hepatitis C patients already starting to defer therapy as they wait for new and far better drugs to come, the biotech is looking for a marquee-level partner or two to collaborate with on a next-gen cocktail that can keep the money flowing.
Vertex dumps one hep C dud, races ahead with second all-oral hope
A little more than a year after Vertex licensed in a pair of "nucs" from Alios BioPharma in a high-stakes bid to develop an oral, interferon-free approach to hepatitis C, Vertex is jettisoning one as a dud while racing ahead with the second into a mid-stage study slated to begin in a matter of weeks.
Vertex surges as rival hep C contender plays catch-up in clinic
Vertex investors barely noted yesterday evening that revenue from Incivek slipped in the second quarter. Their attention was on ALS-2200, a hepatitis C nucleotide analogue that has elbowed its way into the frenzied race for a near-term approval for an all-oral therapeutic regimen.
