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You'll also need a head elf. I recommend Tasty.
Rob
Tasty: Do you recommend a particular brand of frying pan?
Thank you.
Rob
Pharmacydude: Thank you for sharing your perspective which I feel is valuable.
Do you have an opinion on which two or three additional board members should be selected besides, of course, Dr. Denner?
Again, your contributions are very much appreciated!
I looked up instances where denner wanted to get on the board of a company and saw a couple of interesting things. I only skimmed the information and was not able to locate it again when I tried. I will keep looking for it though.
What I found is that regarding Inovivo Denner wanted seven seats on that board as well and only ended up with two or three. It started off as a proxy battle much like we have now and just hours before the vote the company came to an agreement with Denner to give him a couple of seats on the board. This example seems to parallel with what is going on now with him and Amarin.
I also read where Denner tried to get on the board of Ironwood but failed. However, two years later he did get on the board.
I hope any of this information might be helpful.
Rob
Hearfelt condolences, CaptBeer. May his memory be for a blessing.
Rob
I did e-mail this information to Amarin. If I get a response, I will post it.
Rob
Appreciate all the responses.
I think sharing this information with Amarin IR is a very good idea and I will do so today. Thank you.
Rob
When I first met my endocrinologist he started to tell me about Vascepa and that he would like for me to start taking it.. He was surprised when I told him that I had been taking it already for about 7 years. I felt reassured and happy that this doctor, my endocrinologist, was aware of, and promoting Vascepa.
I saw my endocrinologist today after 1 1/2 years. I needed him to help me with getting a pre-authorization for Vascepa for my insurance company. My doctor hesitated and told me that he is re-thinking his position on recommending Vascepa to his patients based on that recent article that came out about the mineral oil that seemed to suggest no particular benefit to taking Vascepa. This is the same article that Dr. Bhatt was referenced along with other researchers.
I tried to explain to my endocrinologist that the article was written in a way that was confusing and that I didn't agree that Vascepa has no or very limited efficacy.
I don't think I changed his mind but I intend to share Amarin's press release article about this with him.
I'm feeling so dejected, even depressed about his reversal in thinking, especially since he was so enthusiastic about Vascepa when I first met him.
Just wanted to share. Any feedback is welcome.
Rob
JL referred to the Freidwald equation which he pointed out had not been used to properly address the statistical results.
Thank you, KC.
I keep reading SMH. Could someone please tell me what SMH means? TIA
I appreciate the informative example, GD. Thank you.
Thanks again, Tasty.
Regarding Santa: I suspected as much! He probably has Rudolph leading the reindeer as a way to deflect attention away from his own red nose.
I will be forwarding my Christmas list directly to you very soon. Thank you and have a
happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you Tasty and KCSVEN for your very helpful replies! If I understand correctly, after the deal closes, I get some sort of a certificate that I hold onto until a particular CVR is achieved. At that point and I would receive cash or shares of a stock whether or not I continued to hold the shares from the stock swap.
Tasty: while I got you on the line, can I give you my Christmas wish list or do I have to give it directly to Santa?
JL: Thank you for posting your acquisition of more shares. As someone whose opinion I respect, and as someone who has generously shared his knowledge with those on this board, posting the fact that you bought more shares indicates to me and others your continued confidence in the company and in the future of the stock.
Thank you for sharing.
I always enjoy your posts, Tasty.
My question: How do CVR’s work? Does the company keep a list of the shareholders at the time of the buyout who are then paid additional monies for each CVR in the future? In other words, how do they know who is eligible to participate in future CVR’s?
If you get the chance, see if you can sneak a “kick me” sign on his back.
I’m also in the Chicago area. Would love to meet up with you guys, too.
Rob
Anytime a girlfriend has asked me “ Does this make my butt look big?” I responded by saying “No, your ass makes your butt look big”.
Full disclosure: I’m single.
Chas1232123: Tennessee Tuxedo
“Someday soon , a fine animal in need of a big break in life is going to find a wonderful home.”
To all going through the loss of your beloved companion animals, please remember and take comfort in the wonderful life you gave them. Somewhere I read: “ Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
I have volunteered my time at “Orphans of the Storm” in the Chicago area for many years. There are many such organizations that exist to help these animals find homes. There are younger dogs and many older dogs as well needing to find you. I gently urge everyone, in time, to adopt again and improve the lives of these wonderful creatures.
The extent of one’s grief following a loss is a measure of the amount of love that was shared.
Danbury:
As an animal lover I understand how painful it is to have to say goodbye to a family companion.
I’m sure you gave Teddy a wonderful life.
All the best to you.
Social Boom: In the years I’ve been taking Vascepa this only happened to me once. I simply returned the bad bottle back to the pharmacy and they replaced it with a new bottle with no hassle.
I would like to say how much I enjoyed meeting and talking with so many Amarin investors in Las Vegas. You are all a very nice group of people and I appreciated the stories that you shared.
Thank you to Kevin and Chris for the organizational work that they put in to help make this happen.
Steve: I would be happy to be your sponsor. And that goes for every other long who has an “Amarin problem”.
I will look forward to the next amrn get-together and to meeting even more amrn investors!
Rob 25
Chicago
Happy birthday, Anna! This couldn’t have happened to a nicer poster.
Rob
Thank you for your help in organizing the Vegas party.
Just so nobody is surprised when they go to pay their bill, the Venetian and Palazzo charge a $45 per day resort fee on top of the regular room rate.
This extra resort fee is mandatory and cannot be waived.
I just wanted everybody to be aware.
Rob
Tasty:
"Maybe I'll be dead by then anyhow... "
If I don't get what I want for X-mas, you can count on it.
Rob
Does anyone remember “Kaylawa” from Yahoo message board years ago? I wonder if she ever stopped back to see how our stock was doing.
HDGabor: It is an understatement to say that I have appreciated your board messages very much. Your factual, unemotional, and informative posts have been a guiding star for me. You define dew diligence and have shown me the best example of what this really means.
It’s easy to understand how you were able to retire at such a relatively young age.
In no small part you helped me stay the course and get to where I am—able to consider my own retirement as a real option now.
Thank you for graciously sharing your knowledge these few years. I am grateful to you and hope to thank you in person in Las Vegas.
Rob
Looking forward to meeting you, Kev, and the other great people on this board and in this stock in Vegas!
Rob
Thank you to those who are taking the lead in organizing a get together of “Amarinites”.
I am sure there are those who have participated, albeit silently, on this board who would like to be able to meet people who they have come to “know “ and appreciate.
While I have been a shareholder since 2012 and was a founding member of Epadi, I have rarely posted. I have contributed financially by helping to defray the costs to other known members of this board who submitted petitions, etc. (LouieBlouie). I also was one of the original people who submitted a citizens petition to the FDA.
Because there are likely other people like myself who haven’t posted much, or at all, who would like to meet all of the “characters” In this wonderful soap opera, might I suggest that we be inclusive for anybody who would like to participate. The best way to do this might be to simply meet in a room or ball room and have a bar with cocktails and lots of food and tables so people can sit or just walk around and meet everybody.
I, for one, would appreciate the opportunity to personally thank the wonderful posters on this board who have helped me to keep the faith.
Rob
I bought my first shares in 2012 hoping for a quick profit after adcom. Like a fool, I used all of my retirement funds to purchase amrn shares because I was so sure at that time that I could make a quick profit. In fact, I made a Lombard loan that was called that fateful day when the share price plummeted.
I won't mention the terrible things that were going through my mind. I was beyond upset and frankly, terrified.
If it wasn't for my family covering my "margin" call, I would have been ruined. I'm at an age where it would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible, to recover financially.
I had no choice but to hold and wait.
I share the same birthday as NickHous (Happy birthday!). I couldn't have asked for a better birthday present.
The utter joy and relief I'm feeling is beyond expression.
For some time I've wanted to express my appreciation to the posters in general for all the research, information, and ideas put forth. In particular, I'm especially grateful to JL and HDG, both of whom kept me from going of the deep end during this harrowing journey. I've learned a lot, to say the least.
A very heartfelt thank you!
This is only a guess, but Ameren Corp, ticker symbol AEE, has a PT of approx. $59.00. I don't know for a fact but suspect that they are confusing Amarin with Ameren.
I appreciate your reply, Sts66.
The "article" I read mentioned that Matinas had hired a firm (JBS?) to help them find a partner for this DPA drug.
But it sounds like they would have a long way to go to compete w/Vascepa regardless.
I'm reading about Matinas Biopharm and their MAT9001 DPA molecule. IIRC, JL mentioned this before although it's been some time. (BTW: I hope that JL, BioChica, and any other board members affected by the recent hurricanes are OK and escaped w/out horrific property damage as well.)
Would anyone care to offer opinions regarding how much of a competitive threat this molecule may pose to Vascepa. Vascepa and the Reduce-It study were specifically mentioned in an article I read online.
Also, will MAT9001 need to carry out Phase I,II, and III trials just like Amarin did for Vascepa?
Tas:
Regarding the value of Amarin should Reduce-It "fail". You might be right, however I can't help but wonder why the PPS would go so low given that Lovaza was a billion $+ drug and Vascepa is a much better alternative. As you already know, unlike Lovaza, Vascepa doesn't raise LDL-C and doesn't carry an A-Fib warning.
I also don't believe that Reduce-It is necessarily all or nothing. There would likely be some positive data that could be marketable.
JMO.
Rob
Funny you should say that, HD. A "Lombard Loan" (I didn't know it was called that-I just looked up the definition)is exactly one of the mistakes I made when buying AMRN. Luckily, a sibling bailed me out and I didn't have to liquidate. I would have been ruined if I had. If you made that mistake, I feel that I am in good company.
Just got off the phone with Vascepa rep, Rosie Sanfelice, who stopped by my office about a month ago. She confirms that Tier 2 conversion is happening very quickly and rattled off a list of companies that are converted to Tier 2. She also told me that at least one general practitioner in my building requested Vascepa samples and that word is getting out among them about V as well. She told me that in my area of Chicago, the new script growth was over 200% from 3/15 to 3/22!!
According to this rep, word from her bosses is that the launch is going "even better than expected". For what it's worth...........