I've watch this talk, today, and his talk in London a few months ago. I don't recall him saying he tried rituximab on the impedance measuring device.
I really think they need to identify what is causing the block, it might be the key that they can work back from and get the disease mechanism
ust to present the other side, there are many doctors in L.A. who are closed minded and mean-spirited b/c I have seen them during my 4+ year quest to figure out what was wrong with my health. But we also have some amazing doctors, too.
Same here, i have had some good docs also but dealing with morons has left a bad taste in my mouth.
Can you make it an annual event?
I was thinking this as well
This confuses me, and did when it was first mentioned.
A drug company that doesn't want to sell a drug to doctors who wish to purchase it? Because it may treat a disease they don't consider infectious?
What ever happened to businesses wanting to make money by selling things they make to people who want it?
I don't get this either, they make some extra, get paid more then the production cost, make profit.
He was probably super simplifying it hence left out a lot of details.
I think that's it. Running sufficient clinical trials to prove efficacy would cost millions. And if a drug is not patented and cheap, they wouldn't have any guarantee of recouping their costs, assuming the drug company funds the trial. And no-one else is going to fund it.
Why do they need to fund a trial at all, they just need to sell some to Dr Naviaux. Hes obviously a doctor allowed to work with FDA approved drugs, and its obviously not an expensive product to make some extra of.
Many drugs are tested for things they were not originally designed for, for example Nilotinib is being tested in Parkinsons, its a leukemia drug, but its widely sold in the US already and the big impediment is the cost, the researchers could not afford it so it was donated by the manufacturer for the trial. I am sure Dr Naviaux is willing to pay full price but the fact its not in general use in the USA is probably the problem, why they won't let him import some or import it themselves i don't know.
To be honest i don't think using a drug with an unknown mechanism of action on a disease we know next to nothing about but is likely autoimmune is a good idea.