Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) Emerging Therapy and TPP Insights

Thelansis’s “Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) Emerging Therapy, with Unmet Needs and TPP Insights Report – 2025″ provides a comprehensive analysis of the emerging competitive landscape, unmet needs, target product profiles (TPPs), trial designs, and KOL insights on key emerging therapies and key drug development opportunities in the indication.

Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) Overview

Head and neck cancer affects nearly 65,000 individuals annually in the United States. Excluding skin and thyroid cancers, over 90% of head and neck malignancies are squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs); the remainder predominantly consists of adenocarcinomas, sarcomas, and lymphomas. A significant majority, exceeding 85%, of patients with head and neck cancer have a history of alcohol consumption, tobacco use, or both. Chronic heavy use of tobacco and alcohol increases the risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma by approximately 40-fold. Other potential risk factors include the use of smokeless tobacco, exposure to sunlight, prior radiation therapy of the head and neck, certain viral infections, poorly fitting dental appliances, chronic candidiasis, and inadequate oral hygiene. In India, the high prevalence of oral cancer is attributed to the chewing of betel quid (paan). For squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip, prolonged sunlight exposure and tobacco use are the primary etiological factors.

Geography coverage:

G8 (United States, EU5 [France, Germany, Italy, Spain, U.K.], Japan, and China)

Insights driven by surveys* with physician / key opinion leaders:

• Survey findings are corroborated and enriched by insights from interviews with leading KOLs

*Survey is customized based on client requirements

Deliverables format:

• PowerPoint presentation
• MS Excel

Key business questions answered:

• Detailed emerging competitive landscape
  • Pipeline analysis
  • Target patients for emerging therapies
  • Key companies
  • Key mechanism of actions
  • Launch date estimates, etc.
• Clinical trial landscape analysis
  • Target patient segments
  • Trial endpoints
  • Trial design
  • Recruitment criteria, etc.
• Unmet Needs and Opportunities
  • Performance of key current therapies
  • Top areas of unmet needs
  • Opportunity sizing for key unmet needs
• Target Product Profiles
  • Attributes and levels
  • Physician likelihood of prescribing
  • Expected patient shares
• KOL insights on key emerging therapies
  • Level of awareness
  • Expected use / line of therapy
  • Extent to fulfil key unmet needs
  • KOL quotes

1. Key Findings and Analyst Commentary

• Key trends: market snapshots, SWOT analysis, commercial benefits and risk,etc.

2. Disease Context

• Disease definition, classification, etiology and pathophysiology, drug targets,etc.

3. Epidemiology

• Key takeaways
• Incidence / Prevalence
• Diagnosed and Drug-Treated populations
• Comorbidities
• Other relevant patient segments

4. Market Size and Forecast

• Key takeaways
• Market drivers and constraints
• Drug-class specific trends
• Country-specific trends

5. Competitive Landscape

• Current therapies
  • Key takeaways
  • Dx and Tx journey/algorithm
  • Key current therapies – profiles and KOL insights
• Emerging therapies
  • Key takeaways
  • Notable late-phase emerging therapies – profiles, launch expectations, KOL insights
  • Notable early-phase pipeline

6. Unmet Need and TPP Analysis

• Top unmet needs and future attainment by emerging therapies
• TPP analysis and KOL expectations

7. Regulatory and Reimbursement Environments (by country and payer insights)

8. Appendix (e.g., bibliography, methodology)