Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014

Background Despite the urgent need for new, effective antibiotics, few antibiotics of value have entered the market during the past decades. Therefore, incentives have been developed to stimulate antibiotic R&D. For these incentives to be effective, geographic availability for recently approved anti...

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Autores principales: Kållberg, Cecilia, Årdal, Christine, Salvesen, Blix, Klein, Eili Y., Martinez, Elena M., Kindbaek, Morten, Outterson, Kevin, Røttingen, John-Arne, Laxminarayan, Ramanan
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147299
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author Kållberg, Cecilia
Årdal, Christine
Salvesen, Blix
Klein, Eili Y.
Martinez, Elena M.
Kindbaek, Morten
Outterson, Kevin
Røttingen, John-Arne
Laxminarayan, Ramanan
author_browse Kindbaek, Morten
Klein, Eili Y.
Kållberg, Cecilia
Laxminarayan, Ramanan
Martinez, Elena M.
Outterson, Kevin
Røttingen, John-Arne
Salvesen, Blix
Årdal, Christine
author_facet Kållberg, Cecilia
Årdal, Christine
Salvesen, Blix
Klein, Eili Y.
Martinez, Elena M.
Kindbaek, Morten
Outterson, Kevin
Røttingen, John-Arne
Laxminarayan, Ramanan
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description Background Despite the urgent need for new, effective antibiotics, few antibiotics of value have entered the market during the past decades. Therefore, incentives have been developed to stimulate antibiotic R&D. For these incentives to be effective, geographic availability for recently approved antibiotics needs to be better understood. In this study, we analyze geographic availability and market introduction of antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014. Material and method We identified antibiotics, considered new chemical entities (NCEs) for systemic use approved globally between 1999 and 2014, from national medicine agencies’ lists of approved drugs, and data from the WHO Collaborating Center for Drug Statistics. Geographic availability was mapped using sales data from IQVIA, and analyzed with regards to class, indication, safety, and origin. Results Of the 25 identified NCEs, only 12 had registered sales in more than 10 countries. NCEs with the widest geographic availability had registered sales in more than 70 countries within a ten-year timeframe and 30 countries within a three-year timeframe, spreading across five different geographic regions and three country income classes. Half (52%) of the NCEs had an indication for infections caused by antibiotic- resistant bacteria, little diversity was seen regarding target pathogen and indication. Antibiotics originated from and/or marketed by companies from the US or Europe had greater geographic availability compared to Japanese antibiotics, which seldom reached outside of Asia. For 20 NCEs developers chose to fully or partially sublicense marketing rights to a number of companies of different sizes. Conclusion Our findings show great variation in geographic availability of antibiotics, indicating that availability in multiple regions and country income classes is possible, but rarely seen within a few years of market authorization. Sublicensing agreements between multiple companies was common practice. Moreover, differences were seen between countries regarding benefit/risk evaluations and company behavior. These findings could be a potential source of uncertainties, and create barriers to assure that working antibiotics are developed and made available according to public health needs.
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spelling CGSpace1472992025-01-24T14:12:04Z Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014 Kållberg, Cecilia Årdal, Christine Salvesen, Blix Klein, Eili Y. Martinez, Elena M. Kindbaek, Morten Outterson, Kevin Røttingen, John-Arne Laxminarayan, Ramanan resistance to antibiotics drugs health diseases antibiotics Background Despite the urgent need for new, effective antibiotics, few antibiotics of value have entered the market during the past decades. Therefore, incentives have been developed to stimulate antibiotic R&D. For these incentives to be effective, geographic availability for recently approved antibiotics needs to be better understood. In this study, we analyze geographic availability and market introduction of antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014. Material and method We identified antibiotics, considered new chemical entities (NCEs) for systemic use approved globally between 1999 and 2014, from national medicine agencies’ lists of approved drugs, and data from the WHO Collaborating Center for Drug Statistics. Geographic availability was mapped using sales data from IQVIA, and analyzed with regards to class, indication, safety, and origin. Results Of the 25 identified NCEs, only 12 had registered sales in more than 10 countries. NCEs with the widest geographic availability had registered sales in more than 70 countries within a ten-year timeframe and 30 countries within a three-year timeframe, spreading across five different geographic regions and three country income classes. Half (52%) of the NCEs had an indication for infections caused by antibiotic- resistant bacteria, little diversity was seen regarding target pathogen and indication. Antibiotics originated from and/or marketed by companies from the US or Europe had greater geographic availability compared to Japanese antibiotics, which seldom reached outside of Asia. For 20 NCEs developers chose to fully or partially sublicense marketing rights to a number of companies of different sizes. Conclusion Our findings show great variation in geographic availability of antibiotics, indicating that availability in multiple regions and country income classes is possible, but rarely seen within a few years of market authorization. Sublicensing agreements between multiple companies was common practice. Moreover, differences were seen between countries regarding benefit/risk evaluations and company behavior. These findings could be a potential source of uncertainties, and create barriers to assure that working antibiotics are developed and made available according to public health needs. 2018-12-18 2024-06-21T09:13:03Z 2024-06-21T09:13:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147299 en Open Access Public Library of Science Kållberg, Cecilia; Årdal, Christine; Salvesen, Blix; Klein, Eili; Martinez, Elena M.; Kindbaek, Morten; Outterson, Kevin; Røttingen, John-Arne; and Laxminarayan, Ramanan. 2018. Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014. PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205166. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205166
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diseases
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Kållberg, Cecilia
Årdal, Christine
Salvesen, Blix
Klein, Eili Y.
Martinez, Elena M.
Kindbaek, Morten
Outterson, Kevin
Røttingen, John-Arne
Laxminarayan, Ramanan
Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014
title Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014
title_full Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014
title_fullStr Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014
title_full_unstemmed Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014
title_short Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014
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topic resistance to antibiotics
drugs
health
diseases
antibiotics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147299
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