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Post by blu2waz on Sept 2, 2016 6:59:14 GMT -5
Illinois has 31 physicians listed. They are not listed on the MNKD web site, you have to go to Afrezza.com and start scrolling down.
Next question;where are the number of prescriptions listed?
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Post by avichen on Sept 2, 2016 7:03:58 GMT -5
It's good to see the prescriber list. The next important info would be the prescription number. To tell the whole world, "look, there were others using the same drug and they are all a-okay!" It's to counter the Luddite mentality. So far we have lots of users sharing their stories, I am looking forward for those doctors sharing their success stories too... how many patients they had helped... etc.
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Post by oldfishtowner on Sept 2, 2016 7:38:05 GMT -5
I deleted my original post since I thought it might be misplaced and was better suited to the Afrezza Script Counts and other Metrics board. So I started a similar thread there instead.
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Post by mnkdfann on Sept 2, 2016 9:00:22 GMT -5
This is the list on the "Find a Doctor" page with the blurb "Looking to find a doctor who can prescribe AFREZZA for you"?
Color me cautious, but I wonder what that really means. All the page says is that those doctors have "experience with AFREZZA" which could mean a lot of things. I'm not at all sure it means a particular doctor on the list has ever prescribed Afrezza. Maybe all it means is that a rep visited and spoke to a doctor? That is a far cry from that doctor ever having prescribed Afrezza, or even being likely to do so.
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Post by od on Sept 2, 2016 9:19:12 GMT -5
This is the list on the "Find a Doctor" page with the blurb "Looking to find a doctor who can prescribe AFREZZA for you"? Color me cautious, but I wonder what that really means. All the page says is that those doctors have "experience with AFREZZA" which could mean a lot of things. I'm not at all sure it means a particular doctor on the list has ever prescribed Afrezza. Maybe all it means is that a rep visited and spoke to a doctor? That is a far cry from that doctor ever having prescribed Afrezza, or even being likely to do so. The list probably includes providers who have registered with MannKind Cares, even if they have not yet prescribed. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 9:31:02 GMT -5
This is the list on the "Find a Doctor" page with the blurb "Looking to find a doctor who can prescribe AFREZZA for you"? Color me cautious, but I wonder what that really means. All the page says is that those doctors have "experience with AFREZZA" which could mean a lot of things. I'm not at all sure it means a particular doctor on the list has ever prescribed Afrezza. Maybe all it means is that a rep visited and spoke to a doctor? That is a far cry from that doctor ever having prescribed Afrezza, or even being likely to do so. The list probably includes providers who have registered with MannKind Cares, even if they have not yet prescribed. It could mean they attended a CME program and received significant information regarding Afrezza from a MSL although these programs took place while Sanofi was marketing the product. Could also mean these docs had a Mannkind diabetes nurse educator spend some time at their office training doctors and staff on product, Spirometry, Mannkind Cares portal, titration packs, prior authorization, etc. The new Afrezza.com site looks great. Note the page where they talk about control of PPG as a key factor in overall BG control. Mike indicated in a presentation that most of the PPG control comes from the mealtime insulin, not the basal. This is how they will differentiate Afrezza and because of the speed of action in and out, its going to produce quantifiable data showing how Afrezza performs better. The Dexcom data will be irrefutable and when the insurance companies see this in their patient population, it will get interesting. We just need enough cash to get to that point in time. www.afrezza.com/afrezza-mealtime/ |
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Post by babaoriley on Sept 2, 2016 9:37:16 GMT -5
This is the list on the "Find a Doctor" page with the blurb "Looking to find a doctor who can prescribe AFREZZA for you"? Color me cautious, but I wonder what that really means. All the page says is that those doctors have "experience with AFREZZA" which could mean a lot of things. I'm not at all sure it means a particular doctor on the list has ever prescribed Afrezza. Maybe all it means is that a rep visited and spoke to a doctor? That is a far cry from that doctor ever having prescribed Afrezza, or even being likely to do so. "Cautious?" Huh? Why, mnkdfann, would you ever link that word with MNKD?  |
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Post by agedhippie on Sept 2, 2016 10:40:06 GMT -5
The new Afrezza.com site looks great. Note the page where they talk about control of PPG as a key factor in overall BG control. Mike indicated in a presentation that most of the PPG control comes from the mealtime insulin, not the basal. This is how they will differentiate Afrezza and because of the speed of action in and out, its going to produce quantifiable data showing how Afrezza performs better. The Dexcom data will be irrefutable and when the insurance companies see this in their patient population, it will get interesting. We just need enough cash to get to that point in time. There are three separate point here. That control of PPG is key to good overall numbers is well known and if done correctly PPG should never be controlled by basal insulin. Basal is there purely to counter the continuous basal glucose output, if it is also countering prandial glucose you have screwed up. The onset and clearance performance of Afrezza definitely differentiates it from any other insulins. That's a feature though, we need to present the benefit. There are two benefits I can see - one we can sell immediately which is the reduction in the number of hypos as there is trials data to speak to that, the other (which will require new trials) is the superiority of Afrezza over existing insulins. Dexcom data is anecdotal and the FDA will not let you use that. Doctors will ignore is for the same reason - it's cherry picked data. Insurers don't care because by the time complications arrive you will be using a different insurer and they want to minimize their costs today. |
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Post by mannmade on Sept 2, 2016 12:11:40 GMT -5
This is the list on the "Find a Doctor" page with the blurb "Looking to find a doctor who can prescribe AFREZZA for you"? Color me cautious, but I wonder what that really means. All the page says is that those doctors have "experience with AFREZZA" which could mean a lot of things. I'm not at all sure it means a particular doctor on the list has ever prescribed Afrezza. Maybe all it means is that a rep visited and spoke to a doctor? That is a far cry from that doctor ever having prescribed Afrezza, or even being likely to do so. The list probably includes providers who have registered with MannKind Cares, even if they have not yet prescribed. Here's the important meaning of the list for me... You need their consent to post their names and so am guessing they are willing to prescribe, which is all that matters to me at this point... Willing doctors!!!! And where there is a will there is way... If not why would Mnkd put them on the list? |
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Post by nadathing on Sept 2, 2016 14:15:49 GMT -5
Only 10 listed in Minnesota. 7 of them are in family practice. I cannot believe there is not even one at The International Diabetes Center in St. Louis Park, MN.
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Post by mnholdem on Sept 2, 2016 15:31:54 GMT -5
None listed in Rochester MN either. Not yet, anyway. My neighbor is a doctor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. I think that I'll have a chat with her the next time she's out in the yard.  |
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Post by twibs66 on Sept 2, 2016 15:50:23 GMT -5
well i counted 1071 docs for all states combined if you hit dist of columbia -it says there are no PRESCRIBERS currently ??
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Post by figglebird on Sept 2, 2016 16:07:12 GMT -5
There is ONE very simple way to propel this pdigm shift forward.... We must convert endo's GP's into stock holders. At this particular time, I would approach any doctor from an entrepenurial standpoint - and let them figure out the rest. If one is able to remove the unwarrented veil of sham, associated, there is clearly a case to be made for the investment opportunity here(why else would we be here) - irrispective of the accompanying positive moral implications.
It's always about money. That's why we need to address the insulin(cost) problem and subsequent cartels(lly sny nvo). Mnkd has its place.
Frankly, at this moment, 100 nrx's are worth about 500k. That's insane but that is the world we live in. Fortunately it is leagal for doctors to invest in pharma.
Doctors can be incetivized to do the right thing, especially if rewarded... this is not crime and punishment... the battle against diabetes is one in which everybody wins... etc.
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Post by branko on Sept 2, 2016 16:16:58 GMT -5
This is the list on the "Find a Doctor" page with the blurb "Looking to find a doctor who can prescribe AFREZZA for you"? Color me cautious, but I wonder what that really means. All the page says is that those doctors have "experience with AFREZZA" which could mean a lot of things. I'm not at all sure it means a particular doctor on the list has ever prescribed Afrezza. Maybe all it means is that a rep visited and spoke to a doctor? That is a far cry from that doctor ever having prescribed Afrezza, or even being likely to do so. The list probably includes providers who have registered with MannKind Cares, even if they have not yet prescribed. I think it's perfectly fine to list all doc's who a rep got to sign with MannKind cares even if they never prescribed Afrezza. Patients will still go there and demand from them prescription and the doctors will be ready and equipped to go trough the process. |
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Post by od on Sept 2, 2016 16:43:13 GMT -5
The list probably includes providers who have registered with MannKind Cares, even if they have not yet prescribed. I think it's perfectly fine to list all doc's who a rep got to sign with MannKind cares even if they never prescribed Afrezza. Patients will still go there and demand from them prescription and the doctors will be ready and equipped to go trough the process. Of course, I was suggesting it as a good thing. |
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