For those of us dealing with bone loss, news of a new treatment sparks a certain degree of personal interest: “Hey, maybe it’ll work better than what I’m taking now – tell me more!”Fact is, there aren’t a whole lot of treatments for osteoporosis out there. There&rs...
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Hoping for Approval
Pam Flores
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 12:05 PMre: Hoping for Approval
PJ Hamel
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 03:39 PMI think eventually this will get passed by the FDA, Pam. They have a history of taking things very slooowly sometimes. But I know Amgen will be pushing very hard for it; it represents billions of potential dollars for them. And then - we'll hope the insurance companies come through! - PJ
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Hi PJ, I sure hope this does get the final approval. Wouldn't it be nice to have a different class of drug to use for bone loss. I talked to my Dr. and she doesn't think my insurance would pay for this, but we'll see, on both this issue and the possible approval.
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