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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Heah!
Posts: 2,921
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Magnate
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Heah!
Posts: 2,921
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I wonder if they are going to word this differently when it begins. The FDA refused to allow Biogen and Elan to help with any costs associated with Tysabri, except for the cost of the drug itself. No help with MRIs for monitoring, no help with infusion costs, because it was considered an enticement for people to go on the drug, and the infusion cost was a delivery to the system cost.
I can see them saying that the costs of monitoring are INCLUDED as a part of the cost of the drug (since the associated tests and monitoring are required in order to be on the drug) in order to subvert the FDA's rules.
Either way, great deal! Thanks for posting this!
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I know the sound the river makes, by dawn, by night, by day. But can it stay me through tomorrows that find me far away?
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I have this mental picture in my mind of you all, shaking bones and bells and charms, muttering prayers and voodoo curses, dancing around in a circle of salt, with leetle glasses and tiny bottles of cheer in the middle...myyyyyy friends!
diagnosed 09/03/2004
scheduled to start Tysabri 03/05
Tysabri withdrawn from market 02/28/05
Copaxone 05/05-12/06
Tysabri returned to market 06/05/06
Found a new neuro 04/07
Tysabri 05/25/07-present
Medical Marijuana legally 12/03/09
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Negative for JC virus antibodies!
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I'm doing alright and making good grades,
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!
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