[December 08, 2014]

Research and Markets: The US Chronic Pain Market - Focus on Opioids: Trends & Opportunities 2014-19: Egalet 002 to Take Over from Oxycontin and Oxycodone

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/w5c4jf/the_us_chronic) has announced the addition of the "The US Chronic Pain Market - Focus on Opioids: Trends & Opportunities (2014-19)" report to their offering.

The report titled The US Chronic Pain Therapy Market: Trends & Opportunities (2014-2019) provides an in-depth analysis of the United States chronic pain therapy market (including medication, surgeries and therapies) with detailed analysis of market sizing and growth and market share of the various drugs involved in the treatment of chronic pain.

Chronic pain, defined as pain that lasts longer than six months and about 100 million Americans suffr from chronic pain that could be mild or agonizing, episodic or continuous, merely inconvenient or totally incapacitating.

The US chronic pain therapy market is expected to experience slow pace of growth in the near future. The major opioids used for medication in chronic pain are Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Fentanyl, Methadone, Morphine, Hydromorphone and Dihydrocodeine. Compared to other opioids, hydrocodone products, the most commonly prescribed opioid and the most commonly prescribed pharmaceutical products in the United States, are growing at a substantial pace in the overall chronic pain therapy market. In the oxycodone business domain, the expected launch of Egalet 002 in the second quarter of 2015 by the leading player Egalet will change the dynamics of this domain as currently Oxycotin dominates the oxycodone market.

Company Coverage

- Zogenix Inc.

- Egalet Corporation

- NektarTheropeutics

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive summary

2. Introduction: Chronic Pain

3. The US Chronic Pain Therapy Market

4. The US Chronic Pain Therapy Market: Segment Analysis

5. The US Chronic Pain Therapy: Market Share Analysis

6. Growth Drivers and Challenges:The US Chronic Pain Therapy Market

8. Competitive Landscape:The US Chronic Pain Therapy Market

9. Company Profiles:The US Chronic Pain Therapy Market

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