tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post6999841055322909330..comments2024-03-17T09:40:53.611-04:00Comments on Just A Life Sciences Blog...: Vertex To File Telaprevir® FDA Application "Within Weeks"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-87687408549016362142010-11-11T08:46:50.397-05:002010-11-11T08:46:50.397-05:00I'm going to formulate my own project since yo...I'm going to formulate my own project since you don't see any decent jobs you can get. <br /><br />Could anyone provide any ideas or web sites as to how to find government grant money to begin with my personal business? I have already been looking via the internet but every single web site asks for money and I have already been told by the unemployment office to stay away from the websites that request cash for grant info because they're scammers. I would be truly grateful for any guidance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-86673745433806159852010-10-27T08:04:03.424-04:002010-10-27T08:04:03.424-04:00All of that said, there will be some patients who ...All of that said, there will be some patients who won't tolerate Telaprevir -- and a handful that may not respond to it (the 15 percent or so who've not seen a complete Hep C cure while on Telaprevir).<br /><br />In those "outlier" cases, Boceprevir will be tried, as a second line of therapy. <br /><br />Just my hunch.<br /><br />NamasteCondorhttp://shearlingsplowed.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-49013226268553349182010-10-27T08:01:33.778-04:002010-10-27T08:01:33.778-04:00I do think Merck's Boceprevir will ultimately ...I do think Merck's Boceprevir will ultimately be approved by FDA, if for no other reason than it too has shown some good (but not nearly so good, as Vertex's Telaprevir) efficacy. The side-effects from Boceprevir are -- on balance -- worse than Telaprevir, and the data would suggest that the typical patient will need to stay on Boceprevir twice as long to acheive the same benefit (compared to Telaprevir).<br /><br />I don't think Merck will run new trials, head-to-head.<br /><br />I think Merck's best hope is to be a "<i><b>me too</b></i>" player now.<br /><br />NamasteCondorhttp://shearlingsplowed.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-4477817383208108232010-10-26T19:04:14.708-04:002010-10-26T19:04:14.708-04:00If telaprevir is approved as expected given its st...If telaprevir is approved as expected given its stellar results, do you expect: <br />1. Merck will have to go back for testing against telaprevir, or<br />2. Might boceprevir be approved as an "also-ran me-too" drug?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com