Comments on: Important drug scheme development for people with Myeloma http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/06/04/important-breakthrough-for-people-with-myeloma/ Observations and questions from Nic Price Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: East of Dulwich http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/06/04/important-breakthrough-for-people-with-myeloma/#comment-55006 East of Dulwich Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:42:54 +0000 http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/06/04/important-breakthrough-for-people-with-myeloma/#comment-55006 Sorry..looks like I pressed send twice. But I'd just like to add...I am very pleased that this Myeloma patients will be able to get Velcade they desire. I'm only wondering whether this purchasing model (fail or sale) is a good deal...and a good precedent. Sorry..looks like I pressed send twice.

But I’d just like to add…I am very pleased that this Myeloma patients will be able to get Velcade they desire. I’m only wondering whether this purchasing model (fail or sale) is a good deal…and a good precedent.

]]> By: East of Dulwich http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/06/04/important-breakthrough-for-people-with-myeloma/#comment-54993 East of Dulwich Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:16:42 +0000 http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/06/04/important-breakthrough-for-people-with-myeloma/#comment-54993 Not sure what to make of this. My initial rather cynical reaction is this might be a stragegy for drugs companies to circumvent the usual lengthy trial process, effectively using the patients and guinea pigs. If the trial is unsuccesful then they halt production, if it succeeds the public pay the costs normally carried my the industry. I also feel it's a way of blurring important but difficult issues about how we decide how resources are best used. Not sure what to make of this. My initial rather cynical reaction is this might be a stragegy for drugs companies to circumvent the usual lengthy trial process, effectively using the patients and guinea pigs. If the trial is unsuccesful then they halt production, if it succeeds the public pay the costs normally carried my the industry. I also feel it’s a way of blurring important but difficult issues about how we decide how resources are best used.

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