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10-04-2006, 07:05 AM | #1 | ||
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A friend got her dose last week. It been approved.
http://biz.yahoo.com/cnw/061004/tysa...oved.html?.v=1 |
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10-04-2006, 08:11 AM | #2 | |||
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WOW, Dayle.
That's amazing to see Canada getting on the bandwagon so quickly in the game. What a surprise! Thanks for letting us know. Cherie
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10-04-2006, 10:47 AM | #3 | ||
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It's not really surprising that Health Canada has approved Tysabri. They have been looking at this drug for months and months and in most cases when the FDA approves a medication, it normally gets approved here within 6 months afterwards. Dr. O'Connor, who works at the St. Michael's MS Clinic in Toronto, is an aggressive prescriber of MS drugs and it's not surprising that he is the one endorsing its use. Harry |
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10-04-2006, 11:27 AM | #4 | |||
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It's only started to be actively rx'd in the US though, Harry. I've only heard of some people having as many as two treatments so far.
It may take some time to set up the TOUCH protocol in various location too, so it may be several months yet before most here have the opportunity to get on it. Then there's the issue of approval with the various insurance companies too . . . It's good to have other options available for people, but I don't think this is is one I personally intend to consider in the near future. Cherie
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10-04-2006, 01:26 PM | #5 | ||
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10-04-2006, 11:36 AM | #6 | |||
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Congratulations, I think? I hope it proves to work for you all.
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10-04-2006, 01:22 PM | #7 | ||
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I wonder what the setup is for doling it out. Do you need an MRI before to provide a baseline in order to compare to a later one to look for PML? Any kind of monitoring requirements?
Does anyone know what other countries are doing, whether they've approved it too? Is there some kind of international monitoring system so that all countries can have access to information on suspected PML cases? Does anyone know what happened to the price during the safety review period? Did it go up or down when it was re-released here? Thanks dayle! |
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10-04-2006, 01:35 PM | #8 | ||
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I do know that Biogen raised the wholesale cost of Tysabri by 22% during this period!!! That means the cost to the clinics would be about $ 2200.00 per infusion..and that's just their cost of buying it from Biogen. I suspect the cost per infusion is going to be around $3000.00 - $ 4500.00 based on what patients were charged the first time around. The large variance is due to the different charges for administering the Tysabri at each clinic. It certainly won't be cheap...I'm guessing that the yearly cost will average out at around $ 40,000.00! Harry |
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