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Viscosupplementation - South America Analysis and Market Forecasts
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covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also
includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Osteoarthritis (OA) constitutes a growing public health burden, and is the most common cause
of musculoskeletal disability across the globe. Intra-articular viscosupplementation with
hyaluronic acid (HA) has become an increasingly accepted therapeutic alternative to knee
replacement surgery in the symptomatic management of OA over the past decade. Going
forward, palliative pain treatments are likely to continue to fare well as healthcare reform kicks
in and lag times for knee replacement become the norm.
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The increasing prevalence of OA and the lower cost of prescribing viscosupplementation
compared with knee replacement surgery have prompted the medical community to take a
closer look at this therapy. However, there is a growing concern among physicians that the
updated American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and Osteoarthritis Research
Society International (OARSI) treatment guidelines for knee OA will result in increased
insurance denials for viscosupplementation. Moving forward, industry consolidation and
intense competition in the viscosupplementation arena will cause increasing numbers of
companies to augment their research efforts to differentiate their products from the lower-end
competitors. The motivation to incorporate the favorable properties of different agents into a
more effective viscosupplementation product has led to the manipulation and development of
next-generation HA formulations consisting of not only HAs, but also pharmaceuticals, such as
corticosteroids.
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