Federal court halts Apotex attempt to sell generic Plavix

D PARHAM wrote:

Sorry to hear that. My 85 year old mother has paid extremely high prices for Plavix for 10+ years now. She had open heart surgery recently. Plavix has truly helped her but it's a shame that Bristol-Myers continues to block the generics. Generics can help all individuals, employers and the government lower the escalating costs of medicines and health care. If the generic companies can produce the medicine for far less then also the BIG companies could do as well.

BMS GUY wrote:

New molecules? What? Do you mean compounds? Saving lives and running a successful business force pharmaceutical companies to develop new compounds, not generics. Pirates and scavengers like Apotex only motivate Pharma to hire more lawyers.
Listen. There is ignorance and voluntary ignorance. I can help the former but not the latter. I've given documented facts, but obviously I'm not swaying opinions, and frankly I didn't expect too. I guess we will all just have to agree to disagree.
Well I bid you all ado. Have a great holiday season.
Wish us luck in January at the trial!

lil-bit wrote:

Hello,Does anyone know if there is another type of medicine beside plavix I can take.I am allergic to the plavix and have broken out with a severe rash.Just had 2 coated Stents put in my Iliac.Doc told me to stop the meds for 3 days .Would appreciate a respond .Thanks

BMS GUY wrote:

The company has spent billions, and continues to spend billions on producing life saving drugs. The industry as a whole spends 22 BILLION dollars a year on producing life saving drugs. Not every drug produced is a blockbuster. As a matter of fact RX man, only 1 in every 5-10 thousand compounds make it to the shelf. For example, a drug which 500 million was spent on over a 13 year period, could be shot down by the FDA. What do you think pays for the research that went into it? That's right, a large portion of the profits from Plavix. You make it sound like BMS and others come up with an idea for a drug, pay 500 million and then start counting the money rolling in. Very ignorant. 1 in every 5 dollars of revenue in the Pharma industry goes to R&D. Not only that, the HIGH costs you and others speak of... well guess what? Five to seven cents on the healthcare dollar are spent to pay for pharmaceuticals for out patients... THAT'S IT.
You and others who prescribe to the incorrect notion that Big Pharma is just out to rape the human population, really need to put it all in perspective. Large and broad investments are made by these companies to produce drugs that save lives that do not turn much of a profit (i.e. Atripla). So, take your "shameful" speach to someone who doesn't know better.
Keep supporting pirates like Apotex and watch the pipelines disappear. RX man, I'm sure you will be first in line to say, "if we can put a man on the moon, why can't we cure cancer?" Well pal, go ask thieves like Apotex why because we don't have any money to research it.