Vertex

[slagle2]

I just noticed on CNBC that they just today reported that Vertex Pharma, the Incevik company had their first ever quarterly profit.  I guess they are selling lots of Incevik.

[James10500]

Incevik is Telepravir. It was called Teleprevir when it was a trial drug.

[James10500]

Opps spelled it wrong

[Lifenet62]

There are no real SVR's in post clinicals yet. We have to wait out another 9 months to see the real deal when the true bloods come rolling in. Only then will the truth be put to paper. I worked at NYSE for close to 9 yrs and have seen this happen b4. If i had some cash I'd buy what I could. I'd even buy Merck, the VA just signed a contract w them for Victrelis for the Vets. Yeah it'll be great to see all these SVR's.
Late August, the # of patients on INC including clincals was at 8k so I wonder if 17k includes those in the waiting queue, like I was; for two months b4 tx began. Sometimes it's nice to fluff the pillows so to speak. There are still sooooo very many Drs who know NOTHING about these drugs and are putting horrible info out to our fellow heppers who could be tx.  Pray for us all, continue to fight the good fight. Kbow that we are like the clincal folks, pioneers in a new drug and brave enough to check it out unforseen so to speak, all in the name of Life.  Healing happy vibes :)

[willbb]

There are still sooooo very many Drs who know NOTHING about these drugs and are putting horrible info out to our fellow heppers who could be tx.
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Well said....." I have always maintained  "Pharma may have put the drugs in clinical practice somewhat hastily before proper explicit training was given to many treating doctors. Possibly some of their new found profit should be invested in hiring reps to train ,,rather than be so quick to sell..
Will....

[desrt]

Yeah, but if you get doctors to thinking, they might start thinking "Which patients could still treat with SOC and respond without the added sx and which paients aren't going to respond even with a PI added on?" You start them to thinking like that, and there goes your new "SOC" along with 75% of your profits. Wouldn't want your product to only be Rxd to the 25% who actually need it to sustain a response.

[willbb]

Excellent point. I guess" thinking doctors "is not something drug companies are readily promoting when prescribing these drugs Hence the beautiful  young reps  taking docs to expensive lunches and dinners and offers of free trips to prescribe "their drug"'
Yes profit is always first and foremost....I guess my comment was more to do with the  mechanics of treatment now with these very powerful meds ( ie training better on futility rules, how and when to properly prescribed  rescues, vs. dose red. or trans.,exact times to test for Vl., etc,etc) Just here on the forum we unfortunately have seen wild fluctuations by doctors on all these ,so we can only imagine what is going on widespread.
However ,I guess proper extensive training of all treating doctors would  cost the drugs companies considerably and hence less profit... :)  

It is great these meds have finally arrived and even better still what is more than likely to come in the future for HCV.. I would just like to have seen better ,more detailed and explicit instruction given to those trusted to administer them. as are oncologists overseeing chemo for cancer patients....
JMO


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