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Biotech / Medical : XOMA. Bull or Bear?
XOMA 29.95-3.7%9:52 AM EST
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To: LarryS who wrote (16173)1/11/2003 11:34:00 PM
From: Bluegreen  Read Replies (1) of 17367
 
Larry, has EVERYONE forgot what Amevive does to T cells???? I just can't imagine the FDA approving such a drug as Amevive which requires CONSTANT monitoring of T cells in a non-life threatening disease. The thing I like about Raptiva is there appears to be INSTANT recovery by stopping it. Once a fully informed patient easily UNDERSTANDS that if all you are doing is TRAFFICING instead of DESTRUCTION, just maybe a little jab Sub-Q once a week is the way to go. So, also it appears that Raptiva works rapidly AND only takes a little sub-Q jab once a week. NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT T CELL DESTRUCTION!!!!!!!!!!! I can just see the possible ads now.....THIS IS YOUR T CELLS ON AMEVIVE.....SPLAT!!!!!!!!! Now this is your T cells on Raptiva........picture of a traffic cop confidently directing traffic. BTW, keep in mind that if BOTH are approved a physician both ethically and liability wise has to FULLY inform a patient about both. Can you imagine if a physician has a patient crash and burn on Amevive and didn't inform patient of the alternative treatments available at the time???? This includes making a possible switch IF the patient is on Amevive if approved and then IF Raptiva is approved later. What USUALLY happens when a patient is on one drug and another BETTER and SAFER drug is approved??? But hey, what do I know......I could be COMPLETELY wrong......only my humble opinions.
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