Tecfidera - confirmed PML case

Tomorrows earning call is not one to miss! Can't wait to hear all the excuses and figure out how to explain this to my Drs. Endorse trial---confirmed patient with PML that was being treated with Tecfidera.

 

Grow up you loser.

 

The tip of the iceberg?!!

 

It's all over the news....

 

more to follow. I'm sure the PR department is working overtime to spin this story anyways.

 

4.5 years out....wow! Could be trouble for a lot of patients. Another reason we need long term safety data in choosing a med.

 

Why would we ever worry about long term safety data on our drugs...never got in the way in the past, especially when we count our bonuses. Look at the killing we've made on Tysabri and how many patients ended up with PML with that drug. Just keep crossing the palms of our docs with the green and we'll never have to worry.

 

It's common sense that any drug that makes a patient leucopenic can bring on secondary infections. Biogen just needs to change the label to monitoring every three months with a warning to remove drug when patient goes leucopenic.

 

Or has his brain turn to jello from PML!!!

 

I live hearing the spin from "bought and paid" buy often customers. I hope they go back and look at the other death in more detail. If you remember, that one was quickly put to bed as pneumonia death as well. This company is so unethical.

 

After reading how your company operates, i am so grateful that I never switched to your Tecidera. i have been on Betaseron since it first came out in 92. The injections have gotten olD, but i am still healthy and doing great.

 

this company is all about the $$$$, they can care less about patients. Whenever an MS doc recommends a biogen drug, chances are Biogen paid for the building you are sitiing in.

Ever want updates on Biogen? don't bother looking in medical publications, Forbes and Wall street Journal is where you will hear the info first.

 

Interesting, I guess the Cleveland clinic was ahead of the game here since they were doing JC virus test for all their Tecfidera patients... If you dig through the studies the inconsistent efficacy results that were pooled. ( a pharma word for cherry picked) the benefit risk ratio doesn't add up.......

 

No one cherry picks better than Buyogen.

 

I have a doc who is testing all tec patients for jc virus and removing any positives. He claimed for safety reasons. If you were in my shoes how would you fight this.

 

Same here. I have several doctors in my territory testing ALL of their Tecfidera patients for JC Virus.

 

Heard there is a second confirmed PML case in the US. Anyone else hear the same?

 

Yep, SLC one of John Foley's patients....again.

 

heard same thing about second reported case

 

But you have a clean PI! No contraindications? The mystery death in May was due to pneumonia, not the drug?... Unbelievable! I guess pal was the patients fault, not Biogen