New Osteoporosis drug has been approved by the FDA
Drat! No one I know married money.
BTW, I looked up Forteo and yes, it's a synthetic form of PTH, BUT it supposedly works by BUILDING bone (unlike all the other drugs, which work by preventing bone breakdown). I don't understand this, but that's what the internet says (actually WedMD).
That two year limit is based on animal testing. I tend to look askance at studies conducted on animals because well, you know, they're not human animals. Mind you, I'm not rushing to volunteer for testing. I guess it's one problem of human evolution and medial advances that we don't all die at age 35, so there's so much "fun" in aging.Yes, I read it and even CALLED and and asked:
-since Forteo is not calcium and it ACTS LIKE PTH, does it “find” that calcium the way PTH does, by borrowing it from teeth and bones?
-IOW: From whence cometh this new calcium that will grow my bones?
Their answer? “Ask your healthcare provider.”
The other part that scares me is that the small print, if I’m comprehending this, says that we can take these drugs for no more than two years, after which there is a sudden, measurable decrease in bone density. So...we’re back where we started and the only thing that REALLY improves is the balance sheet at Lilly (for Forteo) and AMGEN (for Evinity.)
For the record, AMGN is expected to exceed projected earnings.
And LLY is dropping as Trulicity didn’t perform as they hoped and they don’t know what political drug price debates might do.
Drat! No one I know married money.
BTW, I looked up Forteo and yes, it's a synthetic form of PTH, BUT it supposedly works by BUILDING bone (unlike all the other drugs, which work by preventing bone breakdown). I don't understand this, but that's what the internet says (actually WedMD).