Posted on 12/05/2004 5:12:13 PM PST by fritzz
Leukemia Pill designed to help patients not cured by a successful drug know as Gleevec works better than doctors had hoped.
Rumors of the new drug's success have been leaking for months,because cancer experts are so excited by the results.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
thanks, D.O.
thanks for your kind thoughts, jigsaw! ;)
Agree. I would just like other countries to share in the cost of developement by paying equal purchase price.
When I was having my chemo I paid $25 a pill to keep my food down. I would have paid double. Zoefran I think it was. Spelling is not even close.
closer to 90 percent. (86%, that is, is closer to 90)
give it a few more years... and it will be 98 percent.
Certain types of cancer, appear they are going down to defeat in America. At some point there may even be a simple gene splice that we can use to take care of it in a week or two... In less time than it takes to get over a bad case of mono.
God-willing... and apparently he is.
I agree 100%, and you bring up a point I missed in my post. We subcidize the rest of the world when it comes to developing drugs, and it's not fair to Americans. How about we kick the UN out, and make other countries pay their fair share. A man can always dream. :>)
Man I know the feeling, My mother died of leukemia in 2002. That medicine may beat this one is sweet for those at risk.
It's good to know this drug exists.
The last infusion worked fir my sis.
Just before Thanksgiving we got the news that my sister is in complete remission from her CML. Last time it lasted 12 years. We're praying that she will be that blessed again.
From what I can see, Bristol-Myers Squibb really does plow profits from advertised but non-essential products like pravachol (good product, perhaps, but a generic alternative may do the job) into potential dramatic life-savers like this one. I wouldn't compare BMS to companies that only go after easier markets. I do think there are some expensive types of health care the government does not need to pay for, but if you want to pay for them out of your own pocket fine. I pray the OP product works as well when tested with more patients, and, if so, it will be worth a high priced charged. Of course, they won't be advertising this one on TV because they won't need to.
Also, if it was up to me, I would approve this drug for sale today. Let the independent university-based docs continue the research as they will, by all means, but there is no need to force BMS to do further research that will only jack up the eventual price. In any event, best use of the drug can only be determined after approval.
Yep, think of all the good paying health care jobs that will be lost because of these cures. [sarcasm]
I know what you mean, beautiful they are...
When I finished medical school, leukemia was 100% fatal. Those cured can thank me. I wore out my knees praying for them.
This article is about CML, but AML has had almost the same improvement for cure. In the 80's basically, it was how much time do they have, and, now it's "Are they in full remission".
Thanks.
I had the best treatment, but I know there were a lot of sore knees helping me.
I suspect this med will be approved 'on the fast-track'. If it's as good as they say it is, and the side effects don't show up early, it would be almost unethical to withhold it.
I exist today because a simple inexpensive tablet was R&D's a number of decades ago. I believe in R&D and am not about to whine because the cost of being healthy is helping to pay for the development of the product.
There will be a number of phenomical gene related medical advances over the next couple of decades. I'll be pleased as can be to extend my good health or life by paying a reasonable cost for them, even if it turns into a bit of a struggle to do it.
Thank you for sharing with us.
It is indeed wonderful news.
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