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Oncology and emesis

Q3 2012 (£204 million; +8%)
Three new products, Votrient (up 70% to £49 million), Promacta (up 59% to £35 million) and Arzerra (up 58% to £19 million) all continued to grow in the US, Europe and EMAP. Tykerb/Tyverb fell 2% to £57 million, with growth in EMAP and Japan only partly offsetting declines in the US and Europe. Hycamtin continued to be adversely affected by generic competition in Europe.

In the US, Votrient (up 50% to £26 million) benefited from the launch of a new indication for use in advanced soft-tissue sarcoma. Sales of Promacta grew 50% to £15 million, reflecting the continued effect of longer-term use data that was added to the label in 2011.

9 months 2012 (£579 million; +17%)
Growth in the category in the nine months was driven by new products Votrient (up 80% to £121 million), Promacta (up 80% to £92 million) and Arzerra (up 44% to £46 million). Hycamtin sales fell 29% to £31 million as a result of generic competition in Europe.