Acthar Price Increase $23K a Vial

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Anonymous said:
The great thing about living in this country, is that you have the opportunity to voice public concern of how a company like Questcor can manipulate the truth, to justify a 25k price increase.
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Impressive how you are brave enough to stand up for your beliefs and bash our company as "anonymous". You are a joke.
 


















I encourage anyone on this board who wants to see an end to the unethical business practices of Questcor and see this company brought to justice to contact:

FDA Office of Prescription Drug Promotion. You can find contact information at:


http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/CDER/ucm090142.htm

Request an investigation based on the practices Melissa Davis brought to light.



You can also contact U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer at;

https://schumer.senate.gov/Contact/contact_chuck.cfm

On December 6, 2011 Schumer announced that he is, ”introducing legislation that would make it a federal crime to engage in prescription drug price gouging when drugs are in short supply.”
Schumer’s legislation would give the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) the authority to prosecute price gougers and crackdown on unscrupulous drug distributors.”
Schumer already asked the FTC to go after KV Pharmaceuticals which marketed Makena like Questcor markets Acthar (price gouging an orphan drug).

So he is aware and against orphan drug price gouging.


Contact his office at;

https://schumer.senate.gov/Contact/contact_chuck.cfm

Help make Questcor and other orphan drug price gougers fall under this new pending bill. It would effectively devastate Questcors immoral pricing practices and clean up the orphan drug industry.
 



Anonymous said:
I encourage anyone on this board who wants to see an end to the unethical business practices of Questcor and see this company brought to justice to contact:

FDA Office of Prescription Drug Promotion. You can find contact information at:


http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/CDER/ucm090142.htm

Request an investigation based on the practices Melissa Davis brought to light.



You can also contact U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer at;

https://schumer.senate.gov/Contact/contact_chuck.cfm

On December 6, 2011 Schumer announced that he is, ”introducing legislation that would make it a federal crime to engage in prescription drug price gouging when drugs are in short supply.”
Schumer’s legislation would give the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) the authority to prosecute price gougers and crackdown on unscrupulous drug distributors.”
Schumer already asked the FTC to go after KV Pharmaceuticals which marketed Makena like Questcor markets Acthar (price gouging an orphan drug).

So he is aware and against orphan drug price gouging.


Contact his office at;

https://schumer.senate.gov/Contact/contact_chuck.cfm

Help make Questcor and other orphan drug price gougers fall under this new pending bill. It would effectively devastate Questcors immoral pricing practices and clean up the orphan drug industry.
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The Melissa Davis you mention is not in any way a credible source of information. She is a paid mouthpiece for a group of short sellers at hedge funds that specialize in attacking companies, usually smaller tech or biotech, by spreading lies and misinformation in order to make the stock prices go down so they can profit. They also engage in some interesting trading in options to try to push stocks down. This is of course all illegal, its called stock manipulation, and is a felony. But of course Melissa's bosses at Streetsweeper, as stated on their own website, are convicted felons themselves (stock manipulation, fraud, etc.) so they are comfortable with that sort of thing. The above post was done by either Melissa herself or one of her bosses. Be highly skeptical of its content and their intentions.
 









Anonymous said:
Hey smarty man, I never said 23k was the price for a vile, we were talking about 1000% increase which would be around 16000. And yes I do believe insurances would cover this cost due to the nature of the disease. And yes other drugs are used for treating IS but there are only two that have a 50% or better effective rate. Can you name them? When IS is diagnosed the physician will treat the patient until resolved. Acthar Gel will be used regardless of price if the doctor wants to use it. The government might have something to say. I do not agree with the raising price of Acthar Gel, but if my child had IS and the doctor said this was our only alternative, you bet I would pay and my insurance would cover it. Thanks for your insight.

Dummy Person
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poor people (medicare) are left out again dummies!!!!!!!!!!!
 






I asked my rheumatologist about getting some Acthar and he laughed at me and said when he was training in med school it cost $45. Is that true? Why does it cost so much? I checked with my insurance company and they told me it was not on the formulary either.
 


















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