Looks like they got it done.

 

Chimerix approves drug for Josh Hardy | The News Desk

 

Probably a good idea considering the public opinion backlash they were receiving.

Probably a good idea considering the public opinion backlash they were receiving.

 

What would the backlash be if they didnt go through this process, just gave the kid the drug, and he died from it?

What would the backlash be if they didnt go through this process, just gave the kid the drug, and he died from it?

 

Huh?

Huh?

 

Company gives a none approved drug to a kid, and he dies, or it doesnt work. The outrage would be just as huge as what it is for not giving it to him.

Company gives a none approved drug to a kid, and he dies, or it doesnt work. The outrage would be just as huge as what it is for not giving it to him.

 

When he basically had zero chance without it I don't see where there would be any backlash. I'm sure the family would have to sign all kinds of waivers to absolve the company of any responsibility. They're needing a hail mary here.

Those vanity drugs generate a lot of cash for pharmaceuticals. That's cash that is used for R&D for drugs like this one. Also the profits the advertising creates more then pays for the advertising.

 

Lame excuse. I'll allow for a little bit of advertising, but these days it seems like half the commercials on TV are advertising male enhancement. That's just overkill, and unnecessary to the degree we see it today. I'm willing to bet the advertising/lobbying budgets for these companies far outweighs their R&D budgets.

Lame excuse. I'll allow for a little bit of advertising, but these days it seems like half the commercials on TV are advertising male enhancement. That's just overkill, and unnecessary to the degree we see it today. I'm willing to bet the advertising/lobbying budgets for these companies far outweighs their R&D budgets.

 

You'd almost assuredly be wrong.

 

$24.7M in R&D expenses in 2013. Total COGS & Expenses for the year totaled ~$40.4M.

Along those same lines, Pfizer (they're a big Pharmaceutical company, right?) had a 2012 R&D budget of $7.8B. Their 2011 advertising expenses were $1.2B...

 

Don't let facts get in the way of a good corporate bash though Jim...

Cost millions and millions of dollars to produce a drug. That is why when it comes out it gets a patent and is brand name for almost a decade, so they get their money back and a large profit. Def risk involved but well worth it. It's gonna save this kids life or not help..

You'd almost assuredly be wrong.

 

$24.7M in R&D expenses in 2013. Total COGS & Expenses for the year totaled ~$40.4M.

 

Along those same lines, Pfizer (they're a big Pharmaceutical company, right?) had a 2012 R&D budget of $7.8B. Their 2011 advertising expenses were $1.2B...

 

Don't let facts get in the way of a good corporate bash though Jim...

 

I make no bones about my loathing of the way the corporate world operates.

 

Those numbers you are quoting — which seem to not include lobbying costs — seem very exorbitant. Do they really need to do $1.2 billion in advertising? Seems like $200 million would more than suffice, and cut down on the ridiculous amount of unnecessary vanity drug advertising on TV.

Maybe if they weren't spending so much advertising vanity drugs they could afford helping out someone who truly needs it. That goes for all pharmaceutical companies.

 

And they would be no more.

I make no bones about my loathing of the way the corporate world operates.

 

Those numbers you are quoting — which seem to not include lobbying costs — seem very exorbitant. Do they really need to do $1.2 billion in advertising? Seems like $200 million would more than suffice, and cut down on the ridiculous amount of unnecessary vanity drug advertising on TV.

How much revenue do those vanity drugs generate? How much would they without huge advertising?

And they would be no more.

 

Those companies seemed to do just fine before the advent of Viagra and the others.

How much revenue do those vanity drugs generate? How much would they without huge advertising?

 

Let me ask you this: How much advertising did the drug companies do for Oxycontin? Zero. It was all done by sales reps to doctors.

Let me ask you this: How much advertising did the drug companies do for Oxycontin? Zero. It was all done by sales reps to doctors.

Apples to oranges but nice dodge. The more people know about the designer drugs the better chance they ask about them if their having an issue.

 

My my question still stands.