China?U.S. Pre-Diabetes

[spiro]

Reading Articles like these,  keeps me focused on the long term prospects for MNKD and Afrezza. 

China

"Perhaps even more alarming, the study, which involved testing almost 99,000 people, found that half had “prediabetic” blood glucose levels."

www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/health/diabetes-epidemic-grows-in-china.html?_r=0


U.S.

33%  Pre-Dibetics in U.S. age 20 or older.  Wow

"Low Awareness of Pre-Diabetes

Approximately 1 in 3 U.S. adults age 20 and older have pre-diabetes. Yet 89 percent are unaware of it, according to Doctor YanFeng Li, Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Li and her colleagues concluded in their study that the critical first step to encourage people with pre-diabetes to make healthy lifestyle changes to prevent Type 2 diabetes is improving awareness of pre-diabetes.

I disagree. I believe the first critical step is a name change and a change in our national conversation.

If you are a health care provider, tell your next patient with pre-diabetes that he has Stage 1 diabetes. See what happens. I'm thinking he'll look up and listen hard. Let him know he's at the fork in the road. "Good day, Mr. Gottlieb, I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is you have Stage 1 Type 2 diabetes. If you do nothing now you are working your way toward Stage 2. However, the good news is together we can work at reversing it, so you may never go on to Stage 2. In the worst case scenario we may be able to delay it for years."

www.huffingtonpost.com/riva-greenberg/prediabetes_b_3023146.html


Spiro



 

[babaoriley]

Spiro, there's no doubt that there is a grand feast of a table set (note the subtle irony), but MNKD still needs to receive their gold-embossed invitation from the FDA. The potential is enormous, there can be no good argument contra that. So where the heck are the BP partners beating down our door? Hopefully, our glorified "broker" is working hard, culling the herd and closing in on a deal!

[orlon]

I agree but I believe something devious is afoot. Excellent phase III results, the PPS goes down and short interest goes up. NDA accepted by the FDA , the PPS goes down. All evidence points to some serious manipulation, but the big question is who is doing the manipulation.

[spiro]

Babaoriley,

Build it and they will come, doesn't seem to working so far. it looks like the BP's want the game to start first. It will probably cost them a lot more for the ticket, after the game starts. I try not to think about the corrupt FDA and their politics. It's sad that the FDA is letting people die from severe hypoglycemic events, when they know Afrezza could have already saved numerous lives. Hopefully, Greenhill will get this thing done soon.

Spiro