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Post by itellthefuture777 on Jul 28, 2017 14:58:49 GMT -5
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Post by itellthefuture777 on Jul 28, 2017 15:04:55 GMT -5
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Post by itellthefuture777 on Jul 28, 2017 15:16:12 GMT -5
www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/07/26/cause-celeb-house-of-cards-actor-paul-sparks-urges-senate-to-boost-diabetes-research/?utm_term=.1ea44c70f932Soundbite: Sparks, sporting a scruffy beard and a Senate-ready suit, kicked off with a confession: “I’m totally nervous.” He later added the self -deprecating, “I don’t even play a doctor on TV.” But he found his footing when he shared stories of how advances in diabetes treatments — he now uses a insulin inhaler and a continuous glucose monitor — have improved his life. “These technologies … and other research advances literally save my life every day, and they save the lives of all these delegates,” he said. “We are on the cusp of a new generation of therapies and devices and, hopefully, a cure. That’s why we can’t let up — we need to cure Type 1 diabetes … so all of us can live a life and not think about the disease all the time.”
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Post by itellthefuture777 on Jul 28, 2017 15:38:12 GMT -5
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Post by roseylv on Jul 28, 2017 15:45:45 GMT -5
Can anyone confirm or deny if Paul Sparks is speaking on his own volition? I presume he is...
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Post by sayhey24 on Jul 28, 2017 15:59:57 GMT -5
Every member of Congress and the Senate have a health care liaison aid. It's just another way of informing them of the existence of a great product that aids diabetics that is not very visible to the general public. To each their own but it would not hurt because they get calls every day in their office by sick people I'm sure many of them with diabetes. Perhaps even some members of their staff or congressman/Senator also have diabetes What I would do is have a couple hundred demo boxes sent to Blumenthal and Murphy along with Elizabeth Esty. MNKD told the City of Danbury that when afrezza was up and going they would bring 4500 jobs to Danbury. I would slap some big "Made in America" stickers on those boxes and have then bring some to the White House. Get them to do a Medicare/Medicaid deal and buy $200M of afrezza and cut Novalog off all U.S. funded medical.
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Post by sportsrancho on Jul 28, 2017 16:28:44 GMT -5
Can anyone confirm or deny if Paul Sparks is speaking on his own volition? I presume he is... Been reading SA?
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Post by falconquest on Jul 28, 2017 16:53:26 GMT -5
Every member of Congress and the Senate have a health care liaison aid. It's just another way of informing them of the existence of a great product that aids diabetics that is not very visible to the general public. To each their own but it would not hurt because they get calls every day in their office by sick people I'm sure many of them with diabetes. Perhaps even some members of their staff or congressman/Senator also have diabetes What I would do is have a couple hundred demo boxes sent to Blumenthal and Murphy along with Elizabeth Esty. MNKD told the City of Danbury that when afrezza was up and going they would bring 4500 jobs to Danbury. I would slap some big "Made in America" stickers on those boxes and have then bring some to the White House. Get them to do a Medicare/Medicaid deal and buy $200M of afrezza and cut Novalog off all U.S. funded medical. But then what would you do after lunch? ;-) I certainly hope that Mike can find a way to pull this off. I believe that Paul is right, we are on the verge of a major technology shift in the treatment of diabetes.......if Mike can keep Mannkind funded.
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Post by cyn on Jul 28, 2017 17:48:33 GMT -5
Great news! I like how Sparks highlights the use of "both" a CGM and Afrezza to achieve maximum, focused, just-in-time control ... versus some insulin pump, artificial pancreas. It seems to me that a CGM medical device manufacturer could improve sales if they collaborated with MNKD ...maybe even throw in 3 months of free Afrezza via some voucher program. I can't imagine a better match (like peas and carrots) for diabetes treatment than real-time, continuous monitoring plus "convenient", rapid acting, safe treatment that avoids all those nasty disadvantages of an insulin pump. If only the cost of CGM's could come down faster... I don't think we can expect much help from the insurance industry.
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Post by peppy on Jul 28, 2017 17:55:58 GMT -5
Great news! I like how Sparks highlights the use of "both" a CGM and Afrezza to achieve maximum, focused, just-in-time control ... versus some insulin pump, artificial pancreas. It seems to me that a CGM medical device manufacturer could improve sales if they collaborated with MNKD ...maybe even throw in 3 months of free Afrezza via some voucher program. I can't imagine a better match (like peas and carrots) for diabetes treatment than real-time, continuous monitoring plus "convenient", rapid acting, safe treatment that avoids all those nasty disadvantages of an insulin pump. If only the cost of CGM's could come down faster... I don't think we can expect much help from the insurance industry. Cyn, I agree with you. What I have seen happen, per twitter and instagram: The Afrezza user with the continuous glucose monitor (CGM) learns well how to use afrezza to control blood glucose. Then over time, I see a post, the afrezza user is taking a break from the CGM. It seems the fast acting insulin user learns afrezza so well, they no longer need a CGM.
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Post by sayhey24 on Jul 28, 2017 18:13:19 GMT -5
What I would do is have a couple hundred demo boxes sent to Blumenthal and Murphy along with Elizabeth Esty. MNKD told the City of Danbury that when afrezza was up and going they would bring 4500 jobs to Danbury. I would slap some big "Made in America" stickers on those boxes and have then bring some to the White House. Get them to do a Medicare/Medicaid deal and buy $200M of afrezza and cut Novalog off all U.S. funded medical. But then what would you do after lunch? ;-) I certainly hope that Mike can find a way to pull this off. I believe that Paul is right, we are on the verge of a major technology shift in the treatment of diabetes.......if Mike can keep Mannkind funded. If you were worried about funding it should have been before ADA 2017. At this point afrezza is living "rent free" in the head of every Big Pharma president who wants to stay in the diabetes space. Nothing is faster and safer to treat meal time BG spikes. These guys make drugs and they know the techs will eat their lunch trying to get into the cloud monitoring space. Here is an oldie but goody on Google and Oscar Health the brainchild of Joshua Kushner, yes Jared's brother. www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/oscar-health-fantasy-league-health-insurance#3Recent news on Oscar and Cleveland clinic www.mobihealthnews.com/content/cleveland-clinic-and-oscar-health-team-offer-co-branded-health-insuranceAt the same time the Clevland Clinic has been prescribing afrezza from the beginning. Here is some info on afrezza and the clinic. health.clevelandclinic.org/2015/10/insulin-inhaler-new-option-diabetes/Now if I were Jeff Dachis I would be calling Josh and trying to work a deal. Thats what I would do after lunch. Both Oscar and One Drop want to get into the concierge service and what better way to deliver it than through Amazon prime. Monthly insurance premium which covers monitoring; doctors and afrezza. Stay in range the price goes down. Slack off and you pay a higher premium. Give me some metformin, NOT. I want that little blue cartridge.
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Jul 28, 2017 18:42:09 GMT -5
Every member of Congress and the Senate have a health care liaison aid. It's just another way of informing them of the existence of a great product that aids diabetics that is not very visible to the general public. To each their own but it would not hurt because they get calls every day in their office by sick people I'm sure many of them with diabetes. Perhaps even some members of their staff or congressman/Senator also have diabetes What I would do is have a couple hundred demo boxes sent to Blumenthal and Murphy along with Elizabeth Esty. MNKD told the City of Danbury that when afrezza was up and going they would bring 4500 jobs to Danbury. I would slap some big "Made in America" stickers on those boxes and have then bring some to the White House. Get them to do a Medicare/Medicaid deal and buy $200M of afrezza and cut Novalog off all U.S. funded medical. Come on Mike... Sayhey is lining you up with all sorts of $200M sales opportunities. We'll all be disappointed in you if you can't follow through after Sayhey has done the heavy lifting of dreaming up the opportunity. Sayhey, how long should we give Mike to totally change the way Medicare and Medicaid work? I'm thinking at least a month. He's a superstar not a superhero.
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Post by roseylv on Jul 28, 2017 18:43:51 GMT -5
Can anyone confirm or deny if Paul Sparks is speaking on his own volition? I presume he is... Been reading SA? I don't bite on any mnkd click bait if that what you mean... gee wiz.
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Post by peppy on Jul 28, 2017 18:54:13 GMT -5
If you were worried about funding it should have been before ADA 2017. At this point afrezza is living "rent free" in the head of every Big Pharma president who wants to stay in the diabetes space. Nothing is faster and safer to treat meal time BG spikes. These guys make drugs and they know the techs will eat their lunch trying to get into the cloud monitoring space. Here is an oldie but goody on Google and Oscar Health the brainchild of Joshua Kushner, yes Jared's brother. www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/oscar-health-fantasy-league-health-insurance#3Recent news on Oscar and Cleveland clinic www.mobihealthnews.com/content/cleveland-clinic-and-oscar-health-team-offer-co-branded-health-insuranceAt the same time the Clevland Clinic has been prescribing afrezza from the beginning. Here is some info on afrezza and the clinic. health.clevelandclinic.org/2015/10/insulin-inhaler-new-option-diabetes/ Now if I were Jeff Dachis I would be calling Josh and trying to work a deal. Thats what I would do after lunch. Both Oscar and One Drop want to get into the concierge service and what better way to deliver it than through Amazon prime. Monthly insurance premium which covers monitoring; doctors and afrezza. Stay in range the price goes down. Slack off and you pay a higher premium. Give me some metformin, NOT. I want that little blue cartridge. Say hey, I hear you. However, I do not think the Cleveland clinic has been prescribing afrezza from the beginning. Was it althea, that went there and was turned down? Additionally, I recognize the article. A whole thread on it. The article had a different picture initially, and it was not the dreamboat. Upon our emails, Cleveland Clinic changed the picture.
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Jul 28, 2017 18:54:37 GMT -5
Can anyone confirm or deny if Paul Sparks is speaking on his own volition? I presume he is... We know Mike didn't kidnap his children since they were there in the hearing room behind him.
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