Health Boards
Wed-27-02-2013, 12:42 PM
When I make a new thread about the latest news on psoriasis, I try to report it as it is on the relevant website where I found it. I may add some sort of explanation, but try to avoid making a personal statement so you can form your own opinion. But that doesn’t mean I always agree with what is stated, so this post is my own personal opinion on the first post in this thread and should not be read as a statement from Psoriasis Club.
While I think it’s great that drug manufacturers are working on new treatments to help us rid ourselves of psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis, I do sometimes wonder if statements like “entirely eradicate symptoms of psoriasis” are just a ploy to keep us interested in their new products.
Why would Leo Pharma want a new pill that would eradicate psoriasis? Surely it wouldn’t be in their interest, as we would no longer need Dovonex and Dovobet which accounts for around 45% of its turnover.
Did Leo Pharma offer 1 Million for research and development of the new drug to help people with psoriasis, or was it more of a strategy to gain the rights to the worldwide marketing and stop 4SC Discovery going elsewhere.
Yes I know this post is sounding a bit like a conspiracy theory, but as a long term psoriasis patient I have started to wonder if the big drug companies would actually want a cure for psoriasis! As a person with psoriasis you certainly would want a cure for psoriasis, but put yourself in the position of the shareholders, and ask the same question, “Would you want a cure for psoriasis”?
A new oral treatment that can entirely eradicate psoriasis sounds just what we are all looking for, but once we are rid of this curse what will happen to all the drug companies involved in the treatment of psoriasis?
I’m grateful for all the research going on out there at the moment to find something to help us, and for the treatment I use, but statements like “Entirely Eradicate Psoriasis” I think are building up our hopes just a little too much.
Let’s look at it another way: If someone came up with something to entirely eradicate Fuel by using water, how far do you think it would go?
Like you I do hope one day we will see something that Entirely Eradicates Psoriasis, and I shall be watching the progress of this treatment unfold. And when a drug company entirely eradicates psoriasis, I will pop back here to eat my hat.
Dovobet And Dovonex (What's the difference ?)
I’m sure I just saw a Pig fly past the window.
Psoriasis Club is totally self-funded and does not rely on sponsorship from any drug manufacturers.
While I think it’s great that drug manufacturers are working on new treatments to help us rid ourselves of psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis, I do sometimes wonder if statements like “entirely eradicate symptoms of psoriasis” are just a ploy to keep us interested in their new products.
Why would Leo Pharma want a new pill that would eradicate psoriasis? Surely it wouldn’t be in their interest, as we would no longer need Dovonex and Dovobet which accounts for around 45% of its turnover.
Did Leo Pharma offer 1 Million for research and development of the new drug to help people with psoriasis, or was it more of a strategy to gain the rights to the worldwide marketing and stop 4SC Discovery going elsewhere.
Yes I know this post is sounding a bit like a conspiracy theory, but as a long term psoriasis patient I have started to wonder if the big drug companies would actually want a cure for psoriasis! As a person with psoriasis you certainly would want a cure for psoriasis, but put yourself in the position of the shareholders, and ask the same question, “Would you want a cure for psoriasis”?
A new oral treatment that can entirely eradicate psoriasis sounds just what we are all looking for, but once we are rid of this curse what will happen to all the drug companies involved in the treatment of psoriasis?
I’m grateful for all the research going on out there at the moment to find something to help us, and for the treatment I use, but statements like “Entirely Eradicate Psoriasis” I think are building up our hopes just a little too much.
Let’s look at it another way: If someone came up with something to entirely eradicate Fuel by using water, how far do you think it would go?
Like you I do hope one day we will see something that Entirely Eradicates Psoriasis, and I shall be watching the progress of this treatment unfold. And when a drug company entirely eradicates psoriasis, I will pop back here to eat my hat.
Dovobet And Dovonex (What's the difference ?)
I’m sure I just saw a Pig fly past the window.
Psoriasis Club is totally self-funded and does not rely on sponsorship from any drug manufacturers.
