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Post by careful2invest on Apr 9, 2017 1:44:11 GMT -5
what is it? Might be telling of something big.. I don't think this is routine. I agree. I am predicting Amgen being involved, and with their involvement, taking AFREZZA to success and a launch overseas as well! But, then again, we could be getting our hats handed to us...This is MNKD...So...Who really knows?? But based on the terms of the continued employment, etc. of the 8k, I honestly think a very positive event is looming! It would be about time, right?? GLTA TRUE LONGS!!
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Post by careful2invest on Apr 7, 2017 11:29:54 GMT -5
They suspended my Stock Twits account Don't let it get to you! If it is truly an honest mistake (which I believe it is) F' them! We're all human! I have to admit, for awhile this morning, I was feeling pretty good! But, I'm still okay. Still hopeful for the success of AFREZZA! Just think when it actually happens for real...
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Post by careful2invest on Apr 6, 2017 16:10:54 GMT -5
Why don't all of you just double down, now that it is so cheap? What, you don't believe in the company anymore? You can come out of it as a complete genius, or a total fool... The struggle between greed and fear... I personally cannot pull that trigger...At least for now.
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Post by careful2invest on Apr 6, 2017 13:36:40 GMT -5
Over half a mil, down now to very low four figures. Just a gamble with lunch money left for me, on massive leverage. Good if something nice happens, else wiped out but no point selling. If you're calling half a million 'lunch money', I think you're doing fine. Not to speak for Victoria, but I took it as all that is left from her half mil plus investment is basically equivalent to "lunch money" It has been a brutal beating!! I am hoping for a happy ending to it all. A happy ending is always nice, right?
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Post by careful2invest on Apr 6, 2017 12:54:58 GMT -5
I'm in 7 years now. At least 5 separate purchases over that time. I'm down $280k, more than 90% - a huge loss on paper for me. To make matters worse I transferred all of the stock (IRA) into a Roth and paid the significant tax penalty to do so. I'll not be able to write off one dime! Nobody has been a stronger believer than me. But at this point I see no happy ending for any of us except for the guys running the show pulling down 7 figure salaries. Hell, if I had a 7 figure contract I'd probably be doing the exact same thing. The company simply cannot seem to make Afrezza work for the larger Diabetic Community. Whatever the reason, take your pick, it makes me sick. For 7 years I've patiently and enthusiastically bought all of the BS Matt, and now Mike, have spooned out to shareholders. I no longer believe one word of management's excuses and Pollyanna prognostications. Yep, we're on the way, right around the corner. I deleted Yahoo Finance MNKD board three years ago. I only check in here once a week now. My stomach can't take the stress of daily updates, forum rants and silly guessing games. I've lost so much by now that there's no point in selling so I guess I'm in to the bitter end. And, man, is it bitter! Sorry for the downer post. Hope some of you have a better outlook. Well, We share about the same time frame on our investment... We share the same IRA dilemma... We both share big losses, Unfortunately I am in deeper... And yes, it has been bitter, And I am in until the end as well... But, I am hoping for a rise in doctor/consumer acceptance, due to way overdue advertising/promotion. And a rise in script counts to start tomorrow and never look back!! Yep, there's a lot of hopium in my thought process, but it beats dwelling on a "potential" total loss! AFREZZA does work very well!! That has not changed since day one! The rest of the world needs to find out about it! This could still turn out to be an investment of a lifetime...and not "the worst investment of a lifetime" Hang in there!!!
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Post by careful2invest on Apr 6, 2017 8:30:17 GMT -5
Not sure how this stock is a keeper at this point. Since FDA approval, has management even delivered once? Stay tuned Now there's a voice of confidence!! I am beginning to think that they (MNKD) is finally going to make it happen!! Time will tell!
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Post by careful2invest on Apr 4, 2017 9:31:25 GMT -5
Sirius radio founded in 1990 went up to $69 a share and then down to $0.05 on 02.11.2009 due to the same stubborn articles written by Spencer Osborn and commented in the cheering fashion by the same kind of admiring idiots like risingsceptisism, trend, najak and on and on. Sirius in early Febuary announced to go bankrupt on 02.17.2009. On the same day Liberty Media bought 40% of shares for $550,000 and we know the rest. Tesla today is continueing loosing money from the vary start in 2010 at $17 till today at $297. "When I hear the word culture I reach for my gun." Hermann Goring I would like to paraphrase this quote by replacing culture with the bloody PROFIT. Exactly!! Spencer and his cronies are relentless. The only people that still waste their time responding to his "articles" are shorts just like him! Maybe I am inhaleing too much hopium, but I still have hope and believe that we can get through this! Many parts are in alignment for AFREZZA to ultimately become successful. Time will tell! GLTA TRUE LONGS!
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Post by careful2invest on Apr 3, 2017 19:37:47 GMT -5
We are people of action. Acquiescence does not become us. The system is BROKEN and borderline CORRUPT. We deserve better. We must be the "disrupt" in the disrurtive technology that is Afrezza. I'm not quite sure what that means. Are you objecting to something I wrote? I would agree that the system is broken, although I would argue that it's dysfunctional rather than corrupt. The system is certainly Dysfunctional And The system is certainly corrupt!
Even a minimal amount of DD will enlighten one to realize that these are both facts! GLTA TRUE LONGS!!
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Post by careful2invest on Apr 1, 2017 17:02:06 GMT -5
I posted a new thread today mentioning the announcement several months ago by Matt P when he said that either they (MNKD) or RLS was going to be announcing a "new drug using the Technosphere platform every six months" Not only did it never materialize, there was never a follow up comment or message stating what happened. One person responded to my post as well as "liked" my thread and then it was deleted. I sent a message to Lianne to see if she deleted it or knew what happened and have yet to get a response. Strange... Just noticed that more of my posts were recently deleted. Again, posts that received 5 or 6 thumbs up! My inquiry to liane when this first happened remains unanswered. And no trace of it in the "message" section. And now it happened again! Big brother (or big sister) is up to something!! Is this happening to anyone else?
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Post by careful2invest on Mar 31, 2017 15:58:02 GMT -5
Al commented long ago on the lack of proper titration seen in the FDA studies. He said something about Doctors not being aggressive enough. That was in the context of reviewing the trial data back in 2013,2014(?) or so. The problem with lower efficacy seems to have been realized and they did add the 12 unit dose, which was good, but......is it enough? It may be time for 16 and 24 unit doses, especially for T-2's, leaving the 4, 8 and 12's for the pediatric patients? Just spit balling here because I think all this "corrective dosing" afterward is tainting the experience for first time users. Convenience was the selling point on Afrezza back in the day.
I do remember this statement: "You have to be trying to get a hypo"
I just hope the educators are addressing this. Great point! "You have to be trying to get a hypo" That said, a stronger initial dose makes sense to me as well! But I am not a scientist specializing in this field. And rad, I have no idea of your background, But,
Shouldn't MNKD have already completed several studies pertaining to this very issue long before now? Here again, MNKD has to be reactive instead of proactive. To be successful, one must stay ahead of the curve and never behind the eight ball! MNKD always seems to find themselves behind the eight ball...and here we are Again! It just does not make sense! I am trying to remain positive for many reasons. Actually a few hundred thousand reasons! Here are a few things that help me to not lose all hope. 1) AFREZZA works, and works well! (That is a fundamental fact) 2) Pediatric study with JDRF for the use of AFREZZA. (This in itself can be huge) 3) Insurance coverage is improving. (Imperative) 4) New label (Should help the cause) 5) The chart that has been posted about how many years it generally takes for a new drug to be successful along with the gradual climb that is involved, totalling 3 to 5 years. (Requires Patience) We lost about a year and a half in the debacle with Sanofi, (plus so much more) so we are basically in our first year of an honest effort to launch AFREZZA. 6) Other positive promotional things are in the works for the near future, (but imho, they should have been happening long ago) Lets hope that the ADA Conference in Chicago goes well this weekend and opens more eyes to the benefits of AFREZZA One day at a time!
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Post by careful2invest on Mar 31, 2017 12:42:03 GMT -5
Please announce the start of this trial on Monday. Please! That would certainly be nice!! We need a spark!! And Sports wrote... "I see it as insurance being the problem. And people not taking enough Afrezza at first before they learn how." I agree on both counts, but I am blown away that MNKD had not already learned and established the best methods of titration before launch. For a patient not to know how much to take of any drug is dangerous and extremely irresponsible of the company that launched the drug! It just does not make sense!
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Post by careful2invest on Mar 31, 2017 10:06:11 GMT -5
While waiting for FDA to approve MNKD's ad, can MNKD spare a little money to sponsor VDEX for some ad, at least through radio stations? Obviously VDEX is in early stage of acquiring patients. If fully booked, they should be able to serve at least 100 patients a week (100 NRX). So they definitely need some visibility locally. Vdex should sponsor Vdex! Vdex is another company with pie in the sky talk and they only have one location opened 1.5 years later? Or have they opened any more? It just does not make sense!
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Post by careful2invest on Mar 29, 2017 15:18:20 GMT -5
This is not FUD , as those who know me on this board can attest . Here is what i see , the science and the drug works beautifully ; But - When I ask pharmacists about Afrezza , only one said he heard about it and he had not dispensed any . I have asked in different pharmacies the same question . Diabetics , that are on oral agents , and failing Hb Aic anywhere between 7 to 10 , have not heard about it . Doctors that i have asked , ( not endo's ) , some specialists , some GP's do not know about it and finally it seems like the endo's are not Prescribing it , and that is what we we need to find out , why are they not , Too conservative ? , don't like change or the need to adjust pts to this medication , they still remember Exubera failure ? In my opinion , there are ways to find out this info from the Endocrinologists ( I know because I have participated in similar activities to get the answers from them This last one is key to being successful or not Insurance companies only care about , how much will it cost them now , therefore lack of coverage being available easily without prior auth . So the way i see it; 1) Find out from the endo's ( see above) 2) Lower the price so its slightly less than other mealtime insulin . 3 ) advertise - you have to spend money to make money but unfortunately that what MNKD lacks right now . 4) ) Educate , educate , do webinars 5) I am not selling , I have lost so much that it would not make a difference and I am getting close to retire): , I want it to succeed for the pts , imagine if it was taken off the market for all those pts who know how good it works with a CGM 6 ) Finally do it for the kids , imagine your child being a type 1 and needing to be poked several times a day I hope someone can pass this on to management , What you wrote makes perfect sense and trust that many of us on this board have already said what you are saying to many others, including MNKD Management. Why they have not acted on and are not all over these issues remains the 2 billion dollar mystery.
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Post by careful2invest on Mar 29, 2017 14:53:44 GMT -5
I'd certainly vote for Chris Viehbacher for a Director, if not CEO. He headed SNY, sat on the BoD for Genzyme, obviously knows pharma and believed in Afrezza when it was first approved. Aside from that, matt from this board would also get my vote. Matt from the MNKD proboards community? Now that's rich! I'll play along. Let's also nominate Martin Shkreli, Jason Karp, and Adam Feuerstein as the board. Well, at least with Martin, Adam and the other criminals, it would be over quickly! If we ultimately end up bankrupt either way, after enduring these grueling years of repeated dissapointment and huge monetary loss, having the pain end quickly could be a blessing. I still have hope that Matt, Mike and the rest can pull us out of this mess!! The new DTC advertising, Diabetes show, Damon Dash, etc...cannot happen soon enough!! Not giving up!! YET!! We need a nice jump in scripts this Friday!
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Post by careful2invest on Mar 28, 2017 19:03:23 GMT -5
Seems odd that Matt would be talking about RLS pipeline (though I don't remember any such comment about every 6 months). If something like that was said about RLS I'd take it with a grain of salt... obviously Matt has less visibility and no control over another company. Additionally, the change in political landscape probably has RLS rethinking their cannabis based pipeline. With the current administration and AG, this may not be the time to spend hundreds of millions trying to get a legitimate Cannabis API through approval and brought to market. Leave it to you Dreamboat. You wrote "seems odd that Matt would be talking about RLS pipeline" That is why I wrote..."either MNKD or RLS " was going to announce... He did say it. That I am certain, but Matt has said a lot of things.
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