Market Potential

Immediate Demand
With more than 10 million new cancer cases worldwide this year, cancer clearly remains one of the largest under-served medical markets. Inadequate treatment alternatives, characterized by limited efficacy and high levels of toxic side effects, create an immediate demand for new cancer treatments. Targepeutics' research and numerous collaborating studies indicate that several forms of cancer that include brain, breast, kidney, melanoma, pancreas and colon, in a constantly growing list, can be effectively treated with new targeting therapies yielding greater efficacy while producing far fewer adverse side effects. The incidence of our disease targets is substantial and represents a multi-billion dollar annual market.

For Cancer Imaging:
Our imaging compounds are projected to reach well over 100,000 applications a year. For brain cancer alone, over 40,000 annual diagnostic tests are performed in the U.S. Additionally, monthly and then biannual follow-up tests after GB-13 treatment will be required for the over 8,000 newly diagnosed patients yearly and existing 8,000 patient market.

For Asthma:
Over 15 million Americans suffer from asthma, of which 5 million are children. The properties of Targepeutics' IL-13 related compounds are particularly well suited for use in children as the safety profile should be superior to many or all of the current asthma therapies.