Afrezza...what went wrong???

This drug is great and yet NO scripts...what the hell happened. I lost a ton of $$$$$$.

 

You poor baby... Did you panic and sell? hahahahahahaha

 

I sold 40%.....tell me why you think it will go up...instead of ha.ha

 

What went wrong? This is easy - there is no physician demand for this project. No one wants human insulin in an analog market, regardless of how it may be dosed. Add in, you'll never be able to shake the damage done by Exubera. Bad market conditions. Great technology, but it just won't work in the short-acting insulin market.

 

Betamax was better than VHS, but VHS won in the long run. MS Windows over anything else?
NTSC television over PALS? Took 50 years to fix that one with digital TV. Best just doesnt always win.

 

The DTC campaign hasn't yet begun. Once the patients learn about this, the docs will have no choice except to write for it.

 

sanofi--king of failed launches.

 

Reason for failure - get reps that can actually sell

 

Fink--Queen of failure!

 

Yeah, because patient demand ALWAYS drives the market for diabetes drugs.
We have too many here that remember the onslaught created by patient demand for Claritin and Viagra in the mid 90s, and think that it translates well to blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.

FALSE!

 

once mannkind starts marketing, it will go bankrupt. no matter how you slice it sanofi was spending $160m/yr on afrezza. mannkind has $60m in the bank and it costs $60m a year just to keep the lights on there (and line the pockets of management). where are they going to find any money to hire a salesforce of any kind?

 

^^^^ This

A lot of MNKD longs are upset that Sanofi did not do better with this drug, but despite the conventional wisdom there was a poorly received launch. Were some of the decisions flawed, perhaps so, but MNKD does not have the money to try again with a different approach.

The thermometer just reached 165 degrees indicating that this goose is fully cooked.

 

I heard it was being moved to a cso company

 

This is a pretty good drug that will not see the light of day.

If this link doesn't go live, type it into the browser. This article will open your eyes.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3973493-mannkind-started-drip-now-gusher-clock-ticking

You really think if Sanofi can't sell this, a contract company will get this moving?

 

Piece of shit drug

 

No one can sell this drug. It's not wanted or needed by 99.9% of patients who take insulin. Docs don't want it either. It was dead before it started.

On a positive note, MNKD closed at $0.91 a share today.

 

You're a f****n uneducated piece of crap... Check your facts before saying something like that...

 

Quit being so hostile, especially about a drug that doctors don't want. I'm sure you think it's super-awesome. Plenty of people (especially docs) are extremely well-educated on this drug, and they don't want it. Sorry. When 99% of people are on 1 side, and you're on the other telling them how wrong they are, perhaps you should reevaluate your position. Just sayin'....

 

That's why there were 20,000 scripts written and over 14,000 patients trying it. It failed bc Sanofi didn't communicate how to titrate or train on the drug so people didn't maintain control during conversion... Thank god they gave it back to Mannkind, at least they understand the drug. I guess all the patient stories don't support you so you make up stuff

 

FDA labeling and insurance that's your answer.