Posted by Tomatheus on September 11, 2015, at 15:42:27
In reply to Re: FDA accepts NDA for sensor-embedded Abilify » Tomatheus, posted by FloydAS on September 11, 2015, at 8:01:37
Thank you all for your comments. It's good to know that I'm not the only person who thinks that a sensor-embedded version of Abilify would be a bad idea.
FloydAS - You made some really good points in your post, and I especially agree with you on the point that a lot of patients would likely object to taking this version of Abilify, which would affect its profitability. Doctors who would otherwise prescribe Abilify to patients who are under a court order to take medication might see a sensor-embedded version of the medication as an option that might provide them with some feedback on how well patients are doing on the medication, but the number of patients who are court-ordered specifically to take a version of aripiprazole is probably quite low. So, perhaps there are some patient populations for whom this sensor-embedded Abilify might be seen as an advance over regular aripiprazole tablets, but I think that such patients would likely make up a very small percentage of those who would take aripiprazole.
Herpills - Thank you for your feedback. It definitely sounds like we're in agreement.
Christ_empowered - I definitely have the same displeasure -- or at least similar displeasure -- toward this idea that you do. And I agree with you that this could more or less amount to a "patent extender" of Abilify. Then again, I thought that Rexulti was supposed to be Abilify's patent extender. Maybe Rexulti wasn't good enough for the medication's makers? Who knows?
Tomatheus
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