An indication is a medical condition that a medicine is used for. This can include the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of a disease.
A new indication may be:
- a new target disease;
- different stages or severity of disease;
- an extended target population for the same disease, e.g. based on a different age range or other intrinsic or extrinsic factors;
- a change from first-line treatment to second-line treatment (or second-line to first-line treatment), or from combination therapy to monotherapy, or from one combination therapy (e.g. in the area of cancer) to another combination;
- change from treatment to prevention or diagnosis of a disease;
- change from treatment to prevention of progression of a disease or to prevention of relapses of a disease;
- change from short-term treatment to long-term maintenance therapy in chronic disease.
An indication is a medical condition that a medicine is used for. This can include the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of a disease.
A new indication may be:
- a new target disease;
- different stages or severity of disease;
- an extended target population for the same disease, e.g. based on a different age range or other intrinsic or extrinsic factors;
- a change from first-line treatment to second-line treatment (or second-line to first-line treatment), or from combination therapy to monotherapy, or from one combination therapy (e.g. in the area of cancer) to another combination;
- change from treatment to prevention or diagnosis of a disease;
- change from treatment to prevention of progression of a disease or to prevention of relapses of a disease;
- change from short-term treatment to long-term maintenance therapy in chronic disease.