Let's try a word problem;
Big Bertha is 100 pounds overweight. She begins treatment with Contrave in January. If Big Bertha loses 4%, how many pounds of excess weight will she lose by December? If you answered 4 whole pounds, you get a big gold star!
Let's try another one;
Large Larry weighs 400 pounds. His doctor tells him he must lose weight. Large Larry begins taking Contrave in April. Based on the clinical data, how many pounds of total body weight will Large Larry shed over the course of 12 months if he loses 4%? That's right; Larry will lose a whopping 16 pounds bringing him to a nice healthy 386! Everybody wins!
OK. One more:
Little Tommy Takeda has a new weight loss product to launch. It's called Contrave and it's a fixed dose combination of two old generic compounds. Based on dismal clinical efficacy, astronomical cost and zero managed care coverage, how many prescriptions can Tommy Takeda expect to sell during the first year of launch? Are you ready? Zero. Tommy Takeda will sell zero prescriptions of Contrave during the first year of launch.
Looking damn good Takeda!
FDA Approves Contrave Weight Loss Drug From Orexigen And Takeda!!!!!!!!!
The FDA announced today that it had approved Contrave, the long-awaited weight loss drug.
Looking damn good Takeda, time to go stick to all the traitors that jumped ship to Vivus!
You don't work for Takeda- NOVO TROLL!! Sad that you left Takeda aren't you!
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You are an IDIOT! No wonder you can't sell anything! Read the indications- bmi of 30 or greater or bmi of 27 or greater with a co morbidity (diabetes, hypertension, or elevated cholesterol). The weight Loss is overall body weight not just how much added weight they have MORON!! It then says the FDA SAID PEOPLE TAKING CONTRAVE SHOULD BE EVALUATED AT 12 weeks ( 3months not a year because you obviously don't know how many weeks in a year) and if they have failed to lose at least 5% of their body weight... So for a 280 lb person the calculation would be 14 lbs in 3 months! That is damn good weight loss for 3 months!
Why did Contrave not meet the efficacy criteria in more instances than Brlviq. And, Qsymia met EVERY efficacy criteria in EVERY study. More than 2x the efficacy and much safer. There is absolutely NO clinical benefit to this drug. The only advantage is a bigger sales force(that worked great for edarbi). Safer-No. More tolerable-No, more effective-no, once a day-No, bigger sales force-yes
I have to agree, and also say the fact that Belviq and Qysmia are both controlled substances while Contrave is not will really help Contrave take hold..
Belviq can't sample and neither can Qysmia, Contrave can and will…
That alone will make Contrave a star in the marketplace
You don't work for Takeda- NOVO TROLL!! Sad that you left Takeda aren't you!
AND...
You are an IDIOT! No wonder you can't sell anything! Read the indications- bmi of 30 or greater or bmi of 27 or greater with a co morbidity (diabetes, hypertension, or elevated cholesterol). The weight Loss is overall body weight not just how much added weight they have MORON!! It then says the FDA SAID PEOPLE TAKING CONTRAVE SHOULD BE EVALUATED AT 12 weeks ( 3months not a year because you obviously don't know how many weeks in a year) and if they have failed to lose at least 5% of their body weight... So for a 280 lb person the calculation would be 14 lbs in 3 months! That is damn good weight loss for 3 months!
I have to agree, and also say the fact that Belviq and Qysmia are both controlled substances while Contrave is not will really help Contrave take hold..
Belviq can't sample and neither can Qysmia, Contrave can and will…
That alone will make Contrave a star in the marketplace
