Comments on: Novartis And The FDA Priority Review Voucher http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/novartis-and-the-fda-priority-review-voucher/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:15:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Raj http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/novartis-and-the-fda-priority-review-voucher/#comment-387740 Raj Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:01:47 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17441#comment-387740 The article is well drafter and highly informative. Thanks Mr.Ed The article is well drafter and highly informative. Thanks Mr.Ed

]]> By: Alex http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/novartis-and-the-fda-priority-review-voucher/#comment-381521 Alex Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:07:20 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17441#comment-381521 Just a response to the previous comment, but how can it be "widely used" when malaria is so rare in the US that Coartem qualifies as an orphan drug? Unprocessed artemisinin isn't actually that effective anyway, it's the processed versions (artesunate and artemether) that are the wonder drugs, and even these are best used in combinations with lumefantrine or mefloquine. It's legally not "available" at all in the US. Just a response to the previous comment, but how can it be “widely used” when malaria is so rare in the US that Coartem qualifies as an orphan drug?

Unprocessed artemisinin isn’t actually that effective anyway, it’s the processed versions (artesunate and artemether) that are the wonder drugs, and even these are best used in combinations with lumefantrine or mefloquine.

It’s legally not “available” at all in the US.

]]> By: Anne PME http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/novartis-and-the-fda-priority-review-voucher/#comment-381006 Anne PME Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:57:11 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17441#comment-381006 Hi Ed, Artemisinin comes from a plant. It is available in the US as a supplement w/out a prescription in capsule and liquid forms. It is widely used among certain underinsured and uninsured patient populations here in the US. Hi Ed,

Artemisinin comes from a plant. It is available in the US as a supplement w/out a prescription in capsule and liquid forms.

It is widely used among certain underinsured and uninsured patient populations here in the US.

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