Hi Marty, Thanks for your fast reply. I've been on Gleevec for over 14 years and the way I look at as the old saying goes, If it's not broken don't try to fix it. Last week I stopped at Walgreens to pick up a few things and stopped to talk to the pharmacist who I happen to know and asked her what the going price on Gleevec was. Six months or so ago she told me it was $6850.00 a month, hold on to you hats. Now she told me it is $9120.00 per month. And I take 300 mg. a day. No wonder they don't want to lose their patent rights. greenie In a message dated 4/15/2014 11:30:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Greenie and everyone else, As you know I have never been on any of these TKI's because I had a bone marrow transplant. However I can say that whatever TKI you are presently taking and it is working for you then you are still alive because of it. What researchers may find out in the future will only make this disease finally become crued and then none of you will have to take anything for this disease. I keep on telling you that there will be a cure for CML and maybe Gleevec losing it's patent rights is it first step to this process. Unfortunately everything today involves money and cancer treatment seems to be on or near the top. Sometimes some competition may be toward all of our advantages. What I really don't like is that when STI-571 (now Gleevec) first came out my friend Zavie Miler and myself had asked many people to invest in Novartis to help support the company. Now I realise that any of these drug companys have a huge outlay in start up costs but when these costs are paid off then why not support those that need this drug to survive? Now that there are more and newer TKI's out there and the cost is another consideration for the company's to bare and hopefully they will have a lot of consideration cost wise to those that have to use it in order to stay alive. Staying alive is a basic human right and I really wish that these drug company's realise that. By the way I happen to hold many shares in Novartis and I would never think about selling them because I support the company. Now why won't the company support all of you that need any of these TKI's? I also know that Novartis has several programs that are compassionate so at least that is a big start. That is why I said sometimes a little competition may be able to help those that need these TKI's to survive. Are you getting why I always end any of my messages with 18's. It is because we are still alive. 18's, Marty On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 9:06 AM, <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: _Novartis Cannibalizes Gleevec to Boost New Cancer Drug - Bloomberg_ (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-25/novartis-cannibalizes-gleevec-to-boost-n ew-cancer-drug.html) Hi gang, This message was on AOL which is the web-site that I use. Check it out and let me know what you think about it. Maybe you have already see it. greenie -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of _http://cmlhope.com_ (http://cmlhope.com/) ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of _http://cmlhope.com_ (http://cmlhope.com/) ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
