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Post by joeypotsandpans on Jul 15, 2015 10:47:58 GMT -5
Only 36 comments as of this morning. Too funny! I'm surprised you didn't know SA has a built in half life...too bad it's not quite as fast as Afrezza's in the body
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Post by tmann on Jul 15, 2015 11:52:37 GMT -5
I asked em for an interview, to discuss their editorial process. They must be very busy. Have heard anything from them at all. Been over a week now. Now they have some evidence they do have an editorial policy and control of some kind. Still I'd like to know how they arrived at their decision to remove that article when it would appear that other on MNKD containing similar inaccuracies remain on the site.
Given the A1c numbers we're seeing everywhere now (no surprise, Al Mann not noted for lying but for innovation and philanthropy) given that those numbers mean Afrezza saves eyesight toes and lives, well I'm no lawyer, but deliberately, knowingly conspiring to delay or hinder a proven life saving medication from diabetics, that would appear not merely a tort but conspiracy to commit murder, atrocious bodily harm and a bunch of other charges and all of them under RICO.
Calculate the number of diabetics who died, lost extremities or suffered retina damage, in the since hedgy Shrek derailed the first approval over the non material "mouthpiece issue." That that's an impressive number of deaths and dismemberments.
Sounds like a career making prosecution for Joon H Kim, who I think is chief of the criminal division for the US attorney's office for Southern District of New York.
That would be heartening.
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Post by ralphm1999 on Jul 15, 2015 12:14:04 GMT -5
My response to the article was returned to me with a stern warning not to insult the author. I called the author 'the ramblings of a child'. Shortly after that the article also was recalled. Maybe more negative aspersions on this article and author than SA was accustomed to.
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Post by cusop on Jul 16, 2015 9:59:11 GMT -5
I have to say with SA withdrawing the article for factual inaccuracies, means they are obviously in fear of a loss of credibility. SA is turning out to be a battle ground that the shorts might be beginning to loose. Looking at todays increase in share price ahead of the Friday IMS and Symphony results indicates the short versus long war is entering a new stage. Hopefully everything will unravel as the weeks pass by as a long I have become more convinced that Afrezza will make it in the near future then I have ever been.
Even if the tomorrow results do not jump but just continue, the shorts will have to contemplate when will critical mass destroy there position. It may not be as far away as one might think
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Post by Chris-C on Jul 16, 2015 10:28:57 GMT -5
I asked em for an interview, to discuss their editorial process. They must be very busy. Have heard anything from them at all. Been over a week now. Now they have some evidence they do have an editorial policy and control of some kind. Still I'd like to know how they arrived at their decision to remove that article when it would appear that other on MNKD containing similar inaccuracies remain on the site. Given the A1c numbers we're seeing everywhere now (no surprise, Al Mann not noted for lying but for innovation and philanthropy) given that those numbers mean Afrezza saves eyesight toes and lives, well I'm no lawyer, but deliberately, knowingly conspiring to delay or hinder a proven life saving medication from diabetics, that would appear not merely a tort but conspiracy to commit murder, atrocious bodily harm and a bunch of other charges and all of them under RICO. Calculate the number of diabetics who died, lost extremities or suffered retina damage, in the since hedgy Shrek derailed the first approval over the non material "mouthpiece issue." That that's an impressive number of deaths and dismemberments. Sounds like a career making prosecution for Joon H Kim, who I think is chief of the criminal division for the US attorney's office for Southern District of New York. That would be heartening. I'm usually a person who just gets amused by losers like Shkreli. But this guy is, in my opinion, a harmful snake who needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This is where I draw the line on society's tolerance for "free riders". I detest this man and every greedy characteristic he epitomizes. His latest instance of malfeasance is, sadly enough, also in Biopharma. www.forbes.com/sites/arleneweintraub/2015/02/27/gadfly-pharma-investor-shkreli-starts-anew-after-ousting-from-retrophin/
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Post by compound26 on Jul 16, 2015 10:39:27 GMT -5
I asked em for an interview, to discuss their editorial process. They must be very busy. Have heard anything from them at all. Been over a week now. Now they have some evidence they do have an editorial policy and control of some kind. Still I'd like to know how they arrived at their decision to remove that article when it would appear that other on MNKD containing similar inaccuracies remain on the site. Given the A1c numbers we're seeing everywhere now (no surprise, Al Mann not noted for lying but for innovation and philanthropy) given that those numbers mean Afrezza saves eyesight toes and lives, well I'm no lawyer, but deliberately, knowingly conspiring to delay or hinder a proven life saving medication from diabetics, that would appear not merely a tort but conspiracy to commit murder, atrocious bodily harm and a bunch of other charges and all of them under RICO. Calculate the number of diabetics who died, lost extremities or suffered retina damage, in the since hedgy Shrek derailed the first approval over the non material "mouthpiece issue." That that's an impressive number of deaths and dismemberments. Sounds like a career making prosecution for Joon H Kim, who I think is chief of the criminal division for the US attorney's office for Southern District of New York. That would be heartening. I'm usually a person who just gets amused by losers like Shkreli. But this guy is, in my opinion, a harmful snake who needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This is where I draw the line on society's tolerance for "free riders". I detest this man and every greedy characteristic he epitomizes. His latest instance of malfeasance is, sadly enough, also in Biopharma. www.forbes.com/sites/arleneweintraub/2015/02/27/gadfly-pharma-investor-shkreli-starts-anew-after-ousting-from-retrophin/Totally agree, this Shrek guy is a far worse threat to the society than AF. His behavior and the inaction and tolerance (and to some extent cooperation by the FDA) towards such behavior by the SEC and FDA demoralizes the society.
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Post by babaoriley on Jul 16, 2015 12:09:41 GMT -5
Shrek - when you hope there's such a thing as karma! By the way, who knows what his personal life is like, karma may well have already struck.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2015 13:40:36 GMT -5
I asked em for an interview, to discuss their editorial process. They must be very busy. Have heard anything from them at all. Been over a week now. Now they have some evidence they do have an editorial policy and control of some kind. Still I'd like to know how they arrived at their decision to remove that article when it would appear that other on MNKD containing similar inaccuracies remain on the site. Given the A1c numbers we're seeing everywhere now (no surprise, Al Mann not noted for lying but for innovation and philanthropy) given that those numbers mean Afrezza saves eyesight toes and lives, well I'm no lawyer, but deliberately, knowingly conspiring to delay or hinder a proven life saving medication from diabetics, that would appear not merely a tort but conspiracy to commit murder, atrocious bodily harm and a bunch of other charges and all of them under RICO. Calculate the number of diabetics who died, lost extremities or suffered retina damage, in the since hedgy Shrek derailed the first approval over the non material "mouthpiece issue." That that's an impressive number of deaths and dismemberments. Sounds like a career making prosecution for Joon H Kim, who I think is chief of the criminal division for the US attorney's office for Southern District of New York. That would be heartening. I'm usually a person who just gets amused by losers like Shkreli. But this guy is, in my opinion, a harmful snake who needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This is where I draw the line on society's tolerance for "free riders". I detest this man and every greedy characteristic he epitomizes. His latest instance of malfeasance is, sadly enough, also in Biopharma. www.forbes.com/sites/arleneweintraub/2015/02/27/gadfly-pharma-investor-shkreli-starts-anew-after-ousting-from-retrophin/Per the Forbes link you provided here is one of Marty's projects: "Shkreli says that the staff of 30 or so people who have joined Turing includes a “full-time head of oxytocin,” who will conduct an “exhaustive” review of potential marketing opportunities for Syntocinon."
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Post by gomnkd on Jul 16, 2015 13:47:22 GMT -5
Shrek - when you hope there's such a thing as karma! By the way, who knows what his personal life is like, karma may well have already struck. Ah, karma did strike and it struck him hard. He made a ton on MNKD short during last CRL and 10's of millions shorting several others. He founded RTRX in a reverse merger, raised cash, bought drugs and basically created 700-900MM value. In 2015, RTRX's revenue run rate could be 70++MM. He found the cure for PKAN disease. Wait, RTRX raised money several times, it was oversubscribed 5-10 times each time, and after issue, stock jumped 25% each time. He got ousted, with a golden parachute. He setup a new co, called Turing what is supposedly worth a billion $. He made 20MM in one day shorting Celladon. List goes on and on. So the moral of the story? Shorting MNKD brings good fortune (just being sarcastic).
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Post by tmann on Jul 17, 2015 10:27:31 GMT -5
Nice to see anyone turn their life around.
Too bad he did it by keeping demonstrably effective product from the market, and the result, a statistical inevitability, cost thousands of diabetics their eyesight, extremities or lives.
If his new medical products are able to save more lives I suppose you could argue that the consequences of his FDA letter were net positive.
I don't think their was anything illegal about what he did, but we seem to have forgotten that our laws and regulation are intended to describe a spirit, a moral principle which real and true and which it is difficult (if not impossible) to formalize in language.
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