Article: Pain Market Value Doubles to $5 Billion by 2018.

The United States market for drug treatment of major neuropathic pain (NP) conditions is currently valued at $2.6 billion, according to US Neuropathic Pain, a report released by WWMR, Inc. (San Mateo, CA).

Growth over the past four years has been driven largely by the successful launch of Lyrica (pregabalin) for diabetic neuropathic pain and post-herpetic neuralgia in December 2004 along with its 2007 approval for fibromyalgia, as well as the launch of Lilly's Cymbalta (duloxetine) for diabetic neuropathic pain in 2004. The additional June 2008 approval of Cymbalta for fibromyalgia will spur penetration of this prevalent condition.

Based on a decade of ...

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