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Post by lakers on Nov 25, 2015 15:23:39 GMT -5
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Post by mssciguy on Nov 25, 2015 16:04:11 GMT -5
Take a deep breath! SNY is thinking and delivering on their agreement. Viva la France |
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Post by mssciguy on Nov 25, 2015 16:21:53 GMT -5
this thread was moved... wondered about that. I wonder also, is this going to be trump card for Afrezza reps... no doubt spirometers are good for more than just Afrezza use qualification.
If I was a doc, I would want one.
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Post by stevil on Nov 25, 2015 16:44:05 GMT -5
this thread was moved... wondered about that. I wonder also, is this going to be trump card for Afrezza reps... no doubt spirometers are good for more than just Afrezza use qualification. If I was a doc, I would want one. This is good news that SNY is doing their best to try, gotta give them credit for that. Hopefully it's a sign of their commitment. It's too bad this equipment couldn't be rented for the docs that commit to trying Afrezza out for so many months. It would get the docs to do their own experiments with it, get the patients hooked, etc. That, to me, would be the best thing SNY could do. Not sure if that's financially feasible, though. Because of this, I have a hard time seeing this being a good short-term solution. Seems to me the only docs that would want a spirometry machine are the ones that are already prescribing Afrezza and/or have done enough research on it to have already made up their mind to adopt it. No doc is going to spend his own money to prescribe a medication he doesn't fully believe in, especially if patient demand isn't high for it. If all the docs on the block have one and he's the only one who doesn't, that would be a different story. |
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Post by longinvstr on Nov 25, 2015 16:50:10 GMT -5
Breath deep indeed I can't fully explain it. It's sure not the current pps. It's not the need to retool our CEO. It's sure not the latest scrip #'s. But, having had the chance to throw some time at evaluation of our current circumstance and handicap outcomes, I am up & confident of success. Maybe it's that GS increased their long position 231% as of last report. Yes, I regard them as Dean Wermer regards Delta Tau Chi frat boys. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iEPXKUTrjYBut, what they do counts much more than what they say or ... what Fools say or ... what Street hooligans say. Go (stay) long, young man. As long as you don't go into the hat business, shorts will be foiled. 2015 will have to be tolerated. 2016 will be savored Viva la France |
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Post by lakers on Nov 25, 2015 16:51:21 GMT -5
Matt said just more than a year ago, Sanofi could have provided a free Spirometer to all MDs who wanted it. They can't do it anymore due to bribery, kickback investigation in the Pharma industry by many countries. Had Afrezza been released 1.5 yrs ago, free Spirometer wouldn't be a problem. Martin S., hedgies, BPs really impeded Afrezza success.
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Post by stevil on Nov 25, 2015 16:57:16 GMT -5
Matt said just more than a year ago, Sanofi could have provided a free Spirometer to all MDs who wanted it. They can't do it anymore due to bribery, kickback investigation in the Pharma industry by many countries. Had Afrezza been released 1.5 yrs ago, free Spirometer wouldn't be a problem. Martin S., hedgies, BPs really impeded Afrezza success. That seriously blows then. The FDA should be more accommodating if they're going to create bogus rules. I mean, how could this possibly be used for a kick back? How many practices were previously looking to add one of these machines? |
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Post by liane on Nov 25, 2015 17:07:39 GMT -5
stevil, Like it or not, drug reps cannot give us so much as a free pen anymore. I remember going to medical conventions 10 years ago and coming home with shopping bags full of "stuff". Mostly office supply items - pens, sticky notes, clocks etc. But I also was able to score some rolling stools to furnish my 1st office from one educational event. Those were the days...
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Post by stevil on Nov 25, 2015 17:26:23 GMT -5
Ya, even working in the pharmacy, they'd bring us mousepads, pens, notepads, etc. One rep, years ago, even brought us lunch.
The new rules make sense- they are supposed to limit corruption and ensure that the patient's best interests are protected. But at the same time, let's use discretion. If patient safety is the goal, allow pharma companies to use their own money to help docs ensure that safety if they're willing to do so. Why pass that burden on to the doc or the patient, or as it stands now, likely both? It's one thing to butter up a doc/pharmacist to earn his favor. It's another thing entirely if docs are equipped to mitigate limitations that were PLACED upon them.
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Post by garrett on Nov 25, 2015 17:28:46 GMT -5
Matt said just more than a year ago, Sanofi could have provided a free Spirometer to all MDs who wanted it. They can't do it anymore due to bribery, kickback investigation in the Pharma industry by many countries. Had Afrezza been released 1.5 yrs ago, free Spirometer wouldn't be a problem. Martin S., hedgies, BPs really impeded Afrezza success. We need all the committed longs to kick in $.10 a share to buy a bunch of inexpensive Spirometer so they can be distributed for free to all potentially prescribing Docs. |
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Post by stevil on Nov 25, 2015 17:32:22 GMT -5
Matt said just more than a year ago, Sanofi could have provided a free Spirometer to all MDs who wanted it. They can't do it anymore due to bribery, kickback investigation in the Pharma industry by many countries. Had Afrezza been released 1.5 yrs ago, free Spirometer wouldn't be a problem. Martin S., hedgies, BPs really impeded Afrezza success. We need all the committed longs to kick in $.10 a share to buy a bunch of inexpensive Spirometer so they can be distributed for free to all potentially prescribing Docs. If this were an option it would be great to exercise it. It would easily pay for itself in multiples upon multiples. |
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Post by mssciguy on Nov 25, 2015 17:36:41 GMT -5
stevil , Like it or not, drug reps cannot give us so much as a free pen anymore. I remember going to medical conventions 10 years ago and coming home with shopping bags full of "stuff". Mostly office supply items - pens, sticky notes, clocks etc. But I also was able to score some rolling stools to furnish my 1st office from one educational event. Those were the days... @liane believe it or not, those "freebies" were a $30 billion/year industry. Seriously that's what I heard internally in bp. Hard to imagine. You should have have seen some of the Cialis freebies. Cialis yardsticks, I am not kidding. It was amazing to walk through some of those office areas. |
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Post by stevil on Nov 25, 2015 17:38:53 GMT -5
stevil , Like it or not, drug reps cannot give us so much as a free pen anymore. I remember going to medical conventions 10 years ago and coming home with shopping bags full of "stuff". Mostly office supply items - pens, sticky notes, clocks etc. But I also was able to score some rolling stools to furnish my 1st office from one educational event. Those were the days... @liane believe it or not, those "freebies" were a $30 billion/year industry. Seriously that's what I heard internally in bp. Hard to imagine. You should have have seen some of the Cialis freebies. Cialis yardsticks, I am not kidding. It was amazing to walk through some of those office areas. yardsticks. Lol! Not so subtle, were they? |
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Post by stevil on Nov 25, 2015 17:40:24 GMT -5
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Post by mssciguy on Nov 25, 2015 17:52:52 GMT -5
well the good old days were full of laughs, thanks. Here is an insider joke-- maybe true--- Since prozac had been so successful they considered naming it Woodzac  |
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