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Biotech / Medical : Ligand (LGND) Breakout! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Henry Niman who wrote (13100)1/8/1998 5:24:00 PM
From: Andrew H  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 32384
 
Cheat sheet below. Maybe it is a form of skin lymphoma the poster was talking about. Do they have compassionate use for drgus for indications that are not in trials?

Potential Markets

TargretinTM (LGD1069):
NEW PATIENTS PER YEAR (U.S.)
Actinic keratoses: 1.5 million
Diabetes (Type II): 15 million (total patients)
Head and neck cancer: 39,750
Kaposi's sarcoma: 22,200
Lung cancer: 169,900
Ovarian cancer: 26,600
Prostate cancer: 244,000
Skin lymphoma: 6,000

PanretinTM* (ALRT1057):
NEW PATIENTS PER YEAR (U.S.)
APL: 2,500
Breast cancer: 182,000
Kaposi's sarcoma: 22,200
Ovarian cancer: 26,600
Prostate cancer: 244,000
Severe psoraisis: 157,000