Comments on: The Washington Post on Medicare eye drugs https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/washington-post-two-eye-drugs/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: HFB https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/washington-post-two-eye-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-256324 Sun, 22 Dec 2013 21:12:48 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43052#comment-256324 It’s off-label because “the company has refused encouragement from the FDA to seek official approval for using it to treat eye ailments.”

LOL

I.E. “Please pay us to get this approved…through us….by us…whatever. Just pay a bunch of money to someone (don’t forget us!) to get this through.” Sheesh! Won’t someone think of the children?!?!?

]]> By: DensityDuck https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/washington-post-two-eye-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-255355 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 06:41:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43052#comment-255355 “It’s off-label because “the company has refused encouragement from the FDA to seek official approval for using it to treat eye ailments.” ”

Hardly surprising. Remember colchicine? (Look it up if you don’t.)

]]> By: Max Kennerly https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/washington-post-two-eye-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-255348 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 04:48:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43052#comment-255348 It’s off-label because “the company has refused encouragement from the FDA to seek official approval for using it to treat eye ailments.”

]]> By: DEM https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/washington-post-two-eye-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-255258 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:33:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43052#comment-255258 The Post wants a government win-win here, doesn’t it? I.e., save money by prescribing Avastin off-label, then have the DOJ sue Genetech into oblivion for off-label marketing, resulting (as awlays) in a massive settlement benefitting federal coffers. Heads the government wins, tails Genetech loses.

]]> By: Mike https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/washington-post-two-eye-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-255256 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:39:41 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43052#comment-255256 See, this is why we need JournoList. These creatures need a forum where they can dialogue and get their stories straight before publication.

]]> By: Mannie https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/washington-post-two-eye-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-255255 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:03:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43052#comment-255255 How much more risk of a ruinous malpractice suit is there for prescribing off label “Rogue Drugs.” You can almost hear the malpractice lawyer denouncing this “reckless practice only intended to save the evil insurance companies some money.”

]]> By: Larry Sheldon https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/washington-post-two-eye-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-255243 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:13:14 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43052#comment-255243 Does this say that the big-government libs are saying that the doctors should disregard big-government pronouncements?

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