ZYPREXA PATENT EXPIRES ON April 23, 2011

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It's a pipe-dream that innovation will come from China at 25 cents per year for each scientist. There's going to be a heavy price to pay for this business decision. It's going to be a long crawl back.
 






Anonymous said:
Talk about nonsense. You must think your customers are stupid. Generic Zyprexa will cut the price 80% easily and nobody in this economy throws away money. Make that LOTS of money as expensive as Zyprexa is.

Sales will drop off a cliff in a year and a half (just like Prozac did) when this sucka goes generic. But unlike Prozac, there is no savior waiting in the wings to lift sales. Year X never made impact but the next 5 years are going to be brutal. $20/share soon. Just you watch!
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Take a look at janssens Risperdal and Topamax, those pills going generic destroyed J & J.
Patients are not stupid, they will not fall for the extended release patent extenders of this class of medicine. I have had patients yell at me for prescribing Invega when Risperdal is equivalent. In the internet age, patients do a a lot of reading about there medicines. They are mainly concerned about weight gain leading to diabetes or akathisia. These two topics are main challenges that doctors choose to ignore, usually blaming the pharma companies.
 












Anonymous said:
Nonsense. The community mental health clinics love us, and will never leave the brand for a cheap generic. The loyality we have built up over the years will continue to pay dividends in brand specification, and I predict that sales may actually slightly INCREASE for Zyprexa just because of the increase in noise level. Our share of voice will jump, and so with the prescriptions. Just you watch!!
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Every fool has a rainbow that only he can see. Merle Haggard
 






Anonymous said:
This antipsychotic did nothing for me. Most patients grow out of there bipolar or schizophrenia by the time they turn 30 years old anyway.
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I AGREE

Trust me Im an expert in psychiatry, most patients do grow out of bipolar and schizophrenia by the time they turn 30 years old. Doctors only take advantage of 19 to 29 years old, just imagine a doctor telling a 30 year old he has bipolar or schizophrenia, it won't happen. Thats to old, a 30 year old would not fall for that such diagnosis, its silly to that age group.
 












Anonymous said:
There is no way that Lilly will EVER be sold. This company has too much pride and with the aquisition of imclone, there is no way anyone can afford to step up and buy us. We might have a few rough years but that will pass. Lilly stock below 28 bucks a share??? You must be nuts. It is a basement bargin where it is at right now. Just wait until Prasugrel sales explode shortly and some of the imclone products make it to market and start building the oncology franchise. This company will once again lead the industry again, just wait.
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Gee, that is what Schering reps, Smith Kline Reps, Pharmacia reps......many others, said.
And Pfizer reps said their stock price will never go under $50/ share.......look it up, dingbat. Then go eat dung.
 






Anonymous said:
I totally agree. I would buy used toilet paper as long as it bears the Lilly Logo. Nothing could ever tarnish the pristine Lilly reputation. We be the best because we be Lilly.
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I totally agree. Lilly is Lilly, we are the proud pristine company that lasts more than 100 years.

It's invincible and will never be sold, Lilly will continue to protect and shelter it's survival employees like a mother. We'll get out of this in 5 years, just watch!
 






Anonymous said:
I totally agree. Lilly is Lilly, we are the proud pristine company that lasts more than 100 years.

It's invincible and will never be sold, Lilly will continue to protect and shelter it's survival employees like a mother. We'll get out of this in 5 years, just watch!
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Lilly is a dumb pharma company that depends on Zyprexa for almost all it's revenues, at the pockets of desperate mental patients. Antipsychotic are the most expensive brand of drugs. Lilly started this all with Zyprexa, Zyprexa going generic is going to whip this company in the butt good time.
 






Only the Zydis formulation patent expires on 4/23/2011. The more important Olanzapine patent expires 6 months later on 10/23 2011. Not sure but I think it got a 6 month extension because of adolesent studies. Either way, not much time.
 






Anonymous said:
Wow, this is great! I happend to have quite a large amount of used toilet paper that does indeed have the Lilly logo. If you just pay for shipping (9,000 lbs, which is 500 lbs for each year I have been here), I will GIVE it to you.
Where should I send it?
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Darn I thought I had some too but on closer examination it was just my global shares used as toilet paper
 




































Add the profits from Lilly's anti depression drugs and Zyprexa, Humalog and Actos, and then ask yourself....if Lilly's revenues from these two diseases, mental health and diabetes, are so large...then how can they harass and lay off 20 year service employees with mental illness and employees with diabetes. It's the DOLLAR, not the employee.
 






Anonymous said:
Add the profits from Lilly's anti depression drugs and Zyprexa, Humalog and Actos, and then ask yourself....if Lilly's revenues from these two diseases, mental health and diabetes, are so large...then how can they harass and lay off 20 year service employees with mental illness and employees with diabetes. It's the DOLLAR, not the employee.
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Well in most civilized areas, medical conditions that negatively impact job performance must either be recognized as a disability by the employer, and measures taken to allow fair competition among "normal" fellow employees, or the employee is placed on disability, which allows for supplemental benefits to be granted by government sources. Hope this helps.

None of us are in this business for the money, after all. All we want is a fair shake at food, shelter, clothing, and trying our very best at doing the same for our children, and taking care of our aged parents (for those of us lucky enough to have one or two around still).

How it works in Kentucky, I don't know. You might have to "Ask John" - hope that helps. Yes, our business is a purely humanitarian mission, to provide answers that matter, to help the US and other countries achieve the level of health and fitness characteristic of Canada and European countries, to remove the profit motive from tasks as mortifying as extending the length and quality of human life. Nobody knows this better than the Lilly CEO. God bless him on his mission to help us all on our mission to improve the quality of life for billions and billions worldwide. God bless you John.
 












here is how it will work:

On April 24th, al insurance companies covering Zyprexa will MAC out the drug. Meaning there will be a Maximum allowable cost, beyond which the pharmacy will lose money if they use the brand product. Since all existing prescriptions are not DAW1, they can be changed immediately to the generic drug. The generic will come in at 85 to 87 percent of Zyprexa price and have a 6 month grace period to make $$$$$$. Ten anyone can bring it to market.
The hospital and military markets will change over immediately as well.

If you want a great example of what happens, study Keflex or Prozac's trends after expiration.

After having been outsourced by Lilly a while ago, it will be my pleasure to switch patient from the brand to the generic. At least some satisfaction and Karma balancing.

Be thankful that you will not be there after the ship hits the iceburg.
 






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