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Australian healthcare trends. Suite 15/20 Young St Neutral Bay NSW 2089. Consultations With . General Practitioners. Specialists. KOLs. Nurses. Pharmacists. Representatives. Carers. Health consumers. Overview. Industry Responses. Global Themes. Medication Of Risk.
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Australian healthcare trends Suite 15/20 Young St Neutral Bay NSW 2089
Consultations With ... General Practitioners Specialists KOLs Nurses Pharmacists Representatives Carers Health consumers
Overview • Industry Responses Global Themes Medication Of Risk End of Blockbuster drug era Drug Re-positioning Greater investment in Orphan Drugs Pressure to cap rising public health spend P-Health Initiatives Technology-Based Monitoring
Overview • Industry Responses Global Themes Rise of Functional Foods & Bevs Increased Consumer Engagement Personalised Medicine Rising promotion & use of natural and alternative therapies Increased Demand for Rx Choices Increased Consumer Influence on Rx Increased pharma engagement with consumers
The Patent Cliff • 20 years ago, many new and powerful drugs launched • Many now coming off patent • In US, >$100 billion of branded drug sales expected to go generic 2010 - 2015 • In Aus, Lipitor predicted savings to Govt of • $529 mill in 2012-13 • $546 mill in 2013-14
The Medication Of Risk • medication to prevent illness • people educated to expect health/ well being benefits that REMOVES the NEED FOR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY Egnicotine patches • increased role for drugs that modulate emotions and behaviour • Next Steps • Products for memory enhancement • Multi-function drugs • e.g. Sanofi’sAcomplia • Medications for social anxiety disorder & generalised anxiety disorder and for ‘naughty kids’ Big Pharma & Natural Therapy co’s seeing unprecedented profits in disease prevention
Orphan Drug Pipeline increasingly active • Probability of market approval ~13%. • 1988, 253 orphan drugs -> 36 approved • 2011, 2507 orphan drugs -> 393 approved • Pharma increasingly working with rare-disease support orgs to advocate for market access and cement relationships
Govt Preparedness to Pay for Orphan Drugs High In Aust Higher likely re-imbursement than many other markets
Public Sector - Initiated P-Health • To combat rising health costs, incl rising spend on originator drugs • Govt Public Health Aims • Developing new foods to prevent illness • Finding new ways to diagnose disease early • Using genes & proteins to predict & prevent ill health • Objectives • Help Australians live longer • Reduce rising cost of health care Public sector becoming an important competitor in disease prevention products
Encouraging Consumers to Self-Regulate • Nutritional Analysis Kiosks and software • for specific medical conditions (e.g. diabetes/ special diets)
Earlier Identification Intelligent toilets • test urine for glucose, kidney disease (eventually even cancer) • Test faeces to measure weight and fat content • let you know if there's anything unusual going on
Treatment & Monitoring Outside Healthcare Settings Remote Patient Monitoring
Increased Information Access -> Empowerment • Customer switching costs are low • Don’t define themselves as patients ‘Person Living with .....’ rather than ‘patient’ given it references the individual’s complete experience • a ‘chronic condition’ rather than ‘disease’ Consumers becoming more educated and discerning,
Health Is No Longer Just Physical Mental/Emotional Health Environmental Health Physical Health • Heart disease • Physical Appearance • Food Scares • Stress • Depression & • Anxiety • Animal Welfare • Soil erosion, pollution • Toxins • Vegetarian Products • Natural • Organics • Herbal Products • Aromatherapy • Vitamins & Minerals • Better For You products • Weight loss products • Cosmeceuticals • Nutraceuticals Concept of Health has come a long way from Norm’s ‘Life Be In it’ message
Failure of western medicine to solve major health issues Realisation that it • does not have all the answers • Is one of a range of options Greater Willingness to Try Alternatives
Pharma Brand Positioning Much More Important • Pharma manufacturers are concerned to raise their parent brand image • Significant spend Consumer Empowerment means pharmabrands need to have good corporate image to engender long term support
Rise of Functional Foods & Beverages • XANGO • The whole fruit puree of the Mangosteen fruit • Powerful natural antioxidant & anti-inflammatory Why would anyone use a drug, if you can get the same benefits from a food?
Mainstream manufacturers making functional products Disease prevention claims (e.g. anti-cancer) currently restricted Functional Foods & Beverages Functional foods an increasingly popular alternative to preventive medicines “
Natural Therapies • Australians spend ~$2.3 billion a year (4 x their spend on pharmaceuticals) • 120% increase in spend since 1993 • Over half of Australians use • ~40% with chronic diseases use • 60% of women & 44% of men (and increasing) visit alternative practitioners Significant and growing use reflecting consumer preferences
Colonic irrigation Vit C injections Oxygen therapy Naturopathy Chiropracty Lycopene Zinc Ginkgo Biloba
Natural Therapies Patterns of Use • To complement rather than replace conventional treatment • pragmatically select treatments to best fit particular medical and health problems • Upsurge in use as • anti-depressants • cholesterol reducers • improving CV health Beliefs • Look for safety above proven clinical efficacy • Wide availability from non-pharmacy outlets and derivation from natural products has promoted perceptions of safety. The ‘wellness’ market often demonises pharmaceutical products
Reasons For Growth • Disillusionment with orthodox medicine/ hospitals given perceptions of reduced quality of care. • Dissatisfaction with doctor-patient interactions • Practitioners regarded as more convincing, informative, considerate and available • many using evidence-based methods Consumers increasingly dissatisfied with using just prescription pharmaceuticals
Self-Dx & Treatment A Growing Possibility Will Growing Availability of Cheap OS product erode local sales?
A challenge for Pharma and HCPs • pressure to increase counseling & support • nurses and allied HCPs’ increasingly important in providing credible patient information Industry Responses… Patient Support Programs? Personalised Medicine?
Personalised, Integrative Medicine • ‘the capacity to predict disease development and influence decisions about lifestyle choices or to tailor medical practice to an individual’ • Uses knowledge of individual metabolism or genetic make-up History • ABX resistance testing (bacterial infection) • Viral resistance testing (eg HIV) • Genomic Medicine • Gene Sequencing • Genetic Mutation testing (eg breast cancer, IBD) • Drugs targeted to narrower indications, hence limited populations • Well established in Europe & US
Personalised, Integrative Medicine Can facilitate disease prediction, prevention and treatment : • determine if increased risk of disease, followed by promotion of and support for compliance with prevention • Diagnosing earlier using optimal surveillance, allowing more effective interventions or treatment options; • enhancing therapeutic efficacy by ensuring the most appropriate drug is used and that dosing takes into consideration any genetic variants, which may influence metabolism of the drug; • avoiding preventable drug related complications and side effects
Personalised, Integrative Medicine • Opened Aug 2012 • Incorporates a wellness centre offering complementary therapies eg acupuncture, massage, mind body therapy.
Genea Holistic • to add safe and comprehensive complementary healthcare to our world leading fertility science and care – giving you the best possible chance of conceiving a healthy baby. • aims to deliver you the maximum benefit from complementary healthcare to give you the best possible chance of a healthy baby. • individualised programs that address your particular needs and incorporate the most appropriate treatments for you
Earlier identification and treatment of risk factors for disease • Increase in self-prescription & self-medication • Convergence of pharmaceuticals, complementary medicines, functional foods & beverages • Increasing community adoption of preventive health measures
At point of purchase: • Self-service computer technology to help diagnose, prescribe and dispense on-line • Self-service terminals in supermarkets • Consumers can plug in age, family medical history & lifestyle • Provide a printout of recommended vitamins, herbs, supplements and food choices • One-stop shop model of product purchase • Specialised pharmacies
Pharma Industry Opportunities Closer relationships with end-users • Increasing consumer awareness of Big Pharma’s community involvement • Complementary medicine partnerships to • boost consumer perceptions of a ‘holistic health’ provider • better monitor/control disease management • Sponsoring ‘wellness’ clinics and disease screening services • Micro-chip technology (implants) to record health/disease status and monitor drug intake Capitalising on the political trend towards disease prevention
Micro Chipping Consumers VeriChip™ - There when you need it • Used to access a subscriber-supplied database providing personal information • Cannot be lost, stolen, misplaced or counterfeited. • Can be scanned when necessary • Provides instant access to a Subscriber Registry - secure, password protected web access. Future potential to track brand-switching …?