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Re: SamSalters post# 296

Friday, 11/10/2017 2:57:48 PM

Friday, November 10, 2017 2:57:48 PM

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I think Aratana is definitely making the right moves but they've got a big battle to fight to make Galliprant successful.

Hi, Sam.

Elanco, Aratana Announce Positive Opinion on GALLIPRANT(R) (grapiprant tablets) in Europe

LEAWOOD, Kan., Nov. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETX), today announced the European Medicine Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) adopted a positive opinion to recommend the marketing authorization of GALLIPRANT(R) (grapiprant tablets) in the European Union. Following the positive opinion, the European Commission will complete the regulatory process for a final decision on the Marketing Authorisation in early 2018.


http://tinyurl.com/ya4bc8us

Looks to me like Big Brother could handle the sales pitch quite adequately without the pixie partner. smile

Galliprant is huge for us because it may be a longterm lifesaver for our youngish border collie mix. It has made a huge difference for the little darlin but even more important Eli Lilly used a drug that has been around for a very long time but never trialed.

Eli Lilly chose PETX for the R&D despite having its own billion dollar vet subsidiary.

Beyond that, Eli Lilly used the PETX trials and approval as a testbed for a human drug. My wife is very badly crippled with osteoarthritis and is terrified of knee surgery. She may or may not be able to wait for the human galliprant but from our experience it is huge,

The ghrelin-lite appetite stimulant is the opposite - a takeoff on an approved human drug.

That doesn't answer the question of whether some non-approved dog appetite stimulants aren't just as good.

I have no real good answer but we had a very skinny german shepherd, the last remainder of a litter of "german-shepherd type" in a rescue shelter. Rosie grew up to be a beautiful, slender full-blooded german shepherd from all appearances. One kennel owner who kept the dog occasionallytried her level best to put some meat on Rosie's bones but failed miserably. smile

Good luck to you and thanks for your thoughts.

Best, Terry









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