tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post3207998908541328629..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Avastin or not.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-52649297741555832012010-09-01T15:06:13.352+01:002010-09-01T15:06:13.352+01:00The government rakes it in too as they take a big ...The government rakes it in too as they take a big % of the profits in taxation and from employee pay packets. In fact, the UK Treasury makes more money than most of the shareholders. <br /><br />And no, the prescription drug business is very risky. It's not just the development cost of the drug that happens to be a blockbuster, but all the development costs of drugs that didn't make it. For every blockbuster there are many more failures that cost millions of dollars too. <br /><br />Yes, the production costs of the drug that gets through, e.g., FDA testing is often not very high, but getting to that point costs tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars. There are lots of drug companies that have gone to the wall, it is no accident that the big fish survive - they can cope with one or two huge failures/drug withdrawals, a smaller pharmaceutical company goes under. <br /><br />There are plenty of consultant doctors who earn such large amounts of money that it is borderline disingenuous to pick on a drug company for making profits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-11788863239545192402010-08-31T20:07:07.290+01:002010-08-31T20:07:07.290+01:00I'm afraid that NICE's refusal to allow th...I'm afraid that NICE's refusal to allow this drug, for me calls into question the allowance of prescribing of heroin substitutes to drug users/addicts/abusers. THEY have by choice got themselves into dependance, however cancer is the roll of the dice....I personally am slim, active, healthy diet, non smoker, very seldom drink alchohol, yet the roll of the dice dictated I got cancer......at time of writing this, I am waiting on a decision by PtHB on whether or not I can have a drug I need, that is on the Grey list, it can be prescribed, but my consultant at Shrewsbury informed me that I i live in Shropshire I would get this just as any other prescribed drug, but I live in Powys, and they dont prescribe it here, so we have had to apply for funding for it (post code lottery).....it will prevent osteporosis, and calcium depletion caused by my illness, and prescription drugs I have to take to treat that illness - double edge sword -this could turn into bit of a rant Glyn, so i'll shut up now !!!!<br />But Avastin should be on the NICE list....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-46239615481771253562010-08-31T15:52:42.405+01:002010-08-31T15:52:42.405+01:00Maybe the attacks should not be on NICE,but on the...Maybe the attacks should not be on NICE,but on the drug companies who make huge profits from these lifesaving or enhancing drugs <br />Surely they can trim the fat they suck.<br />The production costs are nowhere near as high as the charge at the end of the process.<br />OK they have to recoup development costs and make money , but in these percentages, come on fellas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com