Comments on: Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/12/pharmalot-pharmalittle-good-morning-131/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:57:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gistpatient http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/12/pharmalot-pharmalittle-good-morning-131/#comment-385575 Gistpatient Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:14:14 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=18822#comment-385575 Nice Christmas Gift Novartis gave to themselves. This has less to do with Gist patients, it has to do with protecting their patent on Gleevec. The drug has been used for this since before it got FDA approval for CML.. It doesn't cure, it extends lives a bit - great, but of course there doesn't seem to be much going on to address the patients who no longer benefit from this drug. 3 billion dollars buys a lot of favors to protect the market. Bad Karma.... Nice Christmas Gift Novartis gave to themselves. This has less to do with Gist patients, it has to do with protecting their patent on Gleevec.

The drug has been used for this since before it got FDA approval for CML..

It doesn’t cure, it extends lives a bit - great, but of course there doesn’t seem to be much going on to address the patients who no longer benefit from this drug.

3 billion dollars buys a lot of favors to protect the market. Bad Karma….

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