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Kombiglyze XR

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Just a friendly visitor, Who thought of that awful name for a drug, Kombiglyze.
Were they thinking the promotion would be "off label" Come Big Lies or what? That is a funny name. , I had to goggle the word to see if it was legit.
 
















Size of pill backfired on me today. I showed a doctor, and he told me so what?
All XR drugs have large pills. He's been Rxing them for years without much of an issue.

he then asked me if the only reason I should write Janumet is because Kombiglyz was a bigger pill that I was wasting his time.

Then he once again asked for head to head data, which we don't have, and asked what our price was.

I have a feeling I'm not going to get any Janumet out of him anymore, and he's a top 10 Januvia/Janumet doc.
 








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Size of pill backfired on me today. I showed a doctor, and he told me so what?
All XR drugs have large pills. He's been Rxing them for years without much of an issue.

he then asked me if the only reason I should write Janumet is because Kombiglyz was a bigger pill that I was wasting his time.

Then he once again asked for head to head data, which we don't have, and asked what our price was.

I have a feeling I'm not going to get any Janumet out of him anymore, and he's a top 10 Januvia/Janumet doc.
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Yeah thats why the met xr share is so high. If you only used the size of the pill as your argument you are a moron. Maybe you should go back to your own board and start complaining about the layoffs in March. My share just keeps growing while you douche bags keep begging. It is actually quite funny.
 




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Yeah thats why the met xr share is so high. If you only used the size of the pill as your argument you are a moron. Maybe you should go back to your own board and start complaining about the layoffs in March. My share just keeps growing while you douche bags keep begging. It is actually quite funny.
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Is Onglyza/Konbi doing well anywhere
 




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Is Onglyza/Konbi doing well anywhere
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No, and the physicians are really getting tired of all the sob stories from the BMS reps. I honestly dont want anyone to lose their job but stop crying to physicians and begging them to write. As if this job hasnt been degraded enough you have to act like the Sprint rep at the mall begging you to buy a phone.
 




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No, and the physicians are really getting tired of all the sob stories from the BMS reps. I honestly dont want anyone to lose their job but stop crying to physicians and begging them to write. As if this job hasnt been degraded enough you have to act like the Sprint rep at the mall begging you to buy a phone.
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It is doing well in Lubbock
 




Size of pill isn't going to stop doctors from writing Kombiglyze. Honestly, when we get our XR pill, it will be just as big if not bigger than theirs. Besides, it's hard to compete with a $10 copay. I wish we could get some coupons that could compete. It's doing good in our area, doctors seem to like the dosing.
 




I hate to say it but my docs have taken off with Kombiglyze. They landed the drug, within a few weeks, on the top formulary in our territory. It's once a day and they are giving the drup away w/ the $10 cards. I don't know about everyone else, but our cards are regularly 'missing'. Our BMS reps have no problems playing dirty. Either way, Kombi is moving in our territory. After I leave the office, there are two to three BMS or AZ reps behind me. I can't keep up.
 




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I hate to say it but my docs have taken off with Kombiglyze. They landed the drug, within a few weeks, on the top formulary in our territory. It's once a day and they are giving the drup away w/ the $10 cards. I don't know about everyone else, but our cards are regularly 'missing'. Our BMS reps have no problems playing dirty. Either way, Kombi is moving in our territory. After I leave the office, there are two to three BMS or AZ reps behind me. I can't keep up.
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Kombi isnt taking off anywhere. There wont be as many reps behind you after the april layoffs hit BMS. Kombiglyze is a dog just like Onglyza. If it is taking off in your territory then you are a moron. The BMS/AZ reps are morons and all they do is beg.
 




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Kombi isnt taking off anywhere. There wont be as many reps behind you after the april layoffs hit BMS. Kombiglyze is a dog just like Onglyza. If it is taking off in your territory then you are a moron. The BMS/AZ reps are morons and all they do is beg.
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It is XR and 10.00. The drug has close to the market share of Janumet already
 








like most of the drugs we carry, scripts are heavily impacted by relationships. Kombi has done nothing in the offices in which I have strong relationships and has taken off in the offices I don't. They have more reps and therefore- more relationships. We have to be realistic- janumet and kombi are practically the same thing. Even if we had the balls to do a head to head, the data would probably be nearly identical.

Doc's write for the reps they like.
 




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Size of pill isn't going to stop doctors from writing Kombiglyze. Honestly, when we get our XR pill, it will be just as big if not bigger than theirs. Besides, it's hard to compete with a $10 copay. I wish we could get some coupons that could compete. It's doing good in our area, doctors seem to like the dosing.
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If all we got is pill size to sell on, we're in big trouble. Kombiglyze is getting some traction in our area. Dosing and co-pay are formidable.
 




BMS is adding MORE, not fewer reps. Not a lot more but MORE. This is not a headcount reduction. Why? Why? They smell blood in the water......that's why. The onglyza family just passed victoza in ms. Soon they will be puttin' the wood to our asses.......
 




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