Awesome! Next Tuesday, Thursday or Friday are open. Name a time and place. I used to write 3…Read More different columns for San Bruno, Millbrae, and Burlingame Patch. I am ready to write for Pacifica Patch & blog too. Here's my personal blog...I do sporadically. Www.art-Janet.blogspot.com My art studio is at Sanchez Art Center #11

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Christa Bigue (Editor) May 17, 2013 at 11:05 am

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Anon. April 14, 2013 at 01:43 am

I can start with the comments on the Theravance drug, fluticasone fluroate - the active moiety in…Read More this compound is the same, fluticasone (proprionate) that has been marketed by GSK for the same indication for approximately 25 years. Indeed, that patent is so old, and the drug has such a proven track record for safety and efficacy, that the patent has expired and there are generic versions available. There is also in implicit assumption by the author that the only reason that the FDA will approve medications in a short time span is because they are for 'life-or-limb' or unmet serious medical need. This is just not the case - regulators in many countries, including the FDA in the USA, may give accelerated approval to a product, where the safety and tolerability of a product is equivalent to a similar active agent which has already been approved. I suspect this is the case for fluticasone fluroate - but I am not privy to the details of the regulatory filing. I note that none of the companies mentioned here, nor the FDA, has provided input to this article. The journalism in this article smacks of someone trying to make a name for themselves quickly by scaring uneducated and/or anxious people. The science is just plain flawed.

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Pacificat April 12, 2013 at 12:49 pm

Please tell us in what ways it is ill-informed

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Anon. April 11, 2013 at 08:22 pm

Ill-informed, sensationalist rubbish.

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