By: industry insider
In the specialty pharma biz we used to call this “yesterday’s drugs tomorrow”.
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Based on what I read in the briefing documents, this was a surprise. Primarily because the magic 5% weight loss was not achieved, despite exceeding the 35% level. My gut tells me this was passed...
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So why no just prescribe generic wellbutrin and natrexone? Do we really need a combo pill that will likely cost significantly more?
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Rx Consult, it would not be possible to substitute the generic components because the dosages used in the Contrave combination product for both naltrexone and buproprion are different from the standard...
View ArticleBy: RegMan
Assuming Contrave gets approved, which is by no means certain, it will be interesting to see if compounding pharmacies try to have a field day with it. They are already compounding low dose naltrexone...
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RegMan, good suggestion. However, at least in my state, because of liability considerations compounding pharmacies have virtually out of existence. Moreover, a thorough innovator will patent all...
View ArticleBy: JaT
Isn’t one of these compounds going to make it horrible to drink alcohol? Maybe that’s how it works. Who wants to go out to dinner if they can’t enjoy a glass of pinot? ;) Sincerely though, it’s one...
View ArticleBy: Ken Kramer
JaT In this case I think you are mistaken. The drug you are thinking about is Antabuse (disulfiram), which is a drug given to persons who abuse alcohol and causes them to feel pretty bad if they...
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