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Post by cedafuntennis on Oct 30, 2016 19:00:55 GMT -5
Didn't Matt say something about an agreement to show commercials during MLB? I tried to watch this boring resemblance of a sport just for this reason but nothing. Did anybody catch them or just another fable by Matt?
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Post by bioexec25 on Oct 30, 2016 19:14:51 GMT -5
Ads posted in playoff programs. Do your DD. No discussion about commercials. Btw, I take offense with your scant dismissal of one of our national sports. Plus you'd have to be dazed and confused to not be following albeit at a distance the two storied teams trying to win the World Series. I personally as a Giants fan are for the Cubs. They last beat us in 1908 and zippo World Series titles since.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 19:16:49 GMT -5
Didn't Matt say something about an agreement to show commercials during MLB? I tried to watch this boring resemblance of a sport just for this reason but nothing. Did anybody catch them or just another fable by Matt? they are print ads in program guide. keep watching. you will not find them. enjoy the game. |
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Post by xoxoxoxo on Oct 30, 2016 19:24:24 GMT -5
I can't wait for all the scripts to show up from that playoff print advertising.
I feel bad for the MNKD team. If we could go back and do it over, I just wish they had tried severely undercutting big pharma with a cheap version of afrezza. Sure, a small profit wouldn't have made this a blockbuster, but had they been able to prove the technology by selling massive amounts of afrezza just above cost, then we'd have been able to leverage that in developing the rest of the pipeline and the company would have had a future.
I'm not seeing any good way of mnkd continuing as a going concern much longer save an unexpected settlement w/sanofi. No one will step in to buy mnkd now because they know they could get a much cheaper deal in a few months after bankruptcy.
I've been a MNKD long for years, took a $50k loss when I sold almost everything back when we dropped below $2. I still have a token position that I planned on building on if scripts ever started looking good. I really hope we get told how the salesforce did and their feedback on why afrezza just didn't sell. I'm really hopeful that someone will continue marketing afrezza because of how well it has worked for some folks.
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Post by cedafuntennis on Oct 30, 2016 19:48:40 GMT -5
My apologies about my dismissal of the US National sport. You are right. Having been born in Europe, this is not a sport I can appreciate but to each his own and I have no right to denigrate it. You are right. However, World Series should involve more than 2 or 3 countries, don't you agree?
Print ads in the programs like in those people buy once inside the stadium? I am deflated if that is the case as I was hoping it would have been something worth mentioning in a CC by Matt, but that is something less than thrilling to me. Please understand me that I am deeply invested in MNKD and I keep buying, but it is so time for them to announce a partnership with someone to take the BK or dilution at 0.30 per share off the table.
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Post by nsmyth on Oct 30, 2016 20:01:29 GMT -5
I too mistook the initial mention as a TV ad and was disappointed when i learned it was a print ad in the program. i sure wish they would take a shot at a big national tv ad. I'd hate to see this end before that was attempted.
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Post by careful2invest on Oct 30, 2016 20:04:00 GMT -5
My apologies about my dismissal of the US National sport. You are right. Having been born in Europe, this is not a sport I can appreciate but to each his own and I have no right to denigrate it. You are right. However, World Series should involve more than 2 or 3 countries, don't you agree? Print ads in the programs like in those people buy once inside the stadium? I am deflated if that is the case as I was hoping it would have been something worth mentioning in a CC by Matt, but that is something less than thrilling to me. Please understand me that I am deeply invested in MNKD and I keep buying, but it is so time for them to announce a partnership with someone to take the BK or dilution at 0.30 per share off the table. Ceda, Don't feel bad. There are many red blooded Americans that compare the excitement of watching baseball to watching paint dry. To each his own. IMHO, The ads in a program are not going to reap very much reward. Here we are, two years after approval and sadly, still so many have never even heard of AFREZZA. |
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Post by dictatorsaurus on Oct 30, 2016 20:14:31 GMT -5
At this point, I believe mannkind needs to save every nickle and dime to try and sell Afrezza or the entire company to big pharma. Easier said than done, I know.
All efforts to sell and increase scripts have failed so far. Quite miserably too.
I wish management would learn that you can't continue the same approach and expect different results. We are back to 200 scripts and to expect success is illogical. Going by the numbers, even a massive spike is not going to be enough since I don't believe they can maintain any encouraging momentum.
Tomorrow is another week and history has taught us it will likely be another vicious blood letting. Soon enough we will be in the 30s and 20s. This is just heart breaking and infuriating.
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Post by mnholdem on Oct 30, 2016 20:28:54 GMT -5
I notice that some of Eric Fenar's early blogs highlighted his freedom to go to and enjoy a baseball game and other sporting events where he included photos of himself holding his Afrezza inhaler. I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the impact of the program ad.
 NOTE: If you want to view Eric's video in addition to this photo, here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HGGgaKQDT0
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I assumed from what Matt implied at he investors conference that MannKind got a terrific deal on the DTC ad.
It also may have been used to economically assess certain aspects of the new OUTsulin campaign before initiating more expensive advertising channels. |
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Post by liane on Oct 30, 2016 20:32:22 GMT -5
Right now, I guarantee you not one single Cubs fan is looking at their program. Go Cubs!!!
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Post by vestful on Oct 30, 2016 21:31:27 GMT -5
Right now, I guarantee you not one single Cubs fan is looking at their program. Go Cubs!!! Okay with a game 6 for the purpose of afrezza marketing but a 7th is a different story. Go Tribe!!! |
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Post by prosper on Oct 31, 2016 7:23:03 GMT -5
No matter what the cost, if you can't find doctors willing and wanting to prescribe and if you don't have a successful track record that can only come from the success of the titration packs actually getting users to find A effective, you can't succeed.
Considering our financial limitations I think Mike/Matt are working about as well as can be expected.
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Post by prosper on Oct 31, 2016 7:25:34 GMT -5
Does anyone have a copy of the program ad?
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Post by avogadro on Oct 31, 2016 9:32:28 GMT -5
I notice that some of Eric Fenar's early blogs highlighted his freedom to go to and enjoy a baseball game and other sporting events where he included photos of himself holding his Afrezza inhaler. I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the impact of the program ad.
Do all those empty seats belong to people who are out for an insulin shot? |
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Post by orlon on Oct 31, 2016 11:34:56 GMT -5
I did'nt see the ad in the program, but I did see a Billy Goat!
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NOTE: If you want to view Eric's video in addition to this photo, here is the link: 
