Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

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Yup. HIV is a good example. We've essentially turned HIV from a death sentence into a disease like diabetes -- it's there but it can be controlled. The social stigma still exists, but it's not -that- big of a deal anymore provided you have access to the right cocktail of medicine.

I think the same is true for AD. It won't be one pill -- it'll be a cocktail of pills. Hopefully 271 is one of them.

The hardest part though won't be approval. I think the FDA is desperate to find a better alternative to Aricept. I think the hard part will be to convince, initially, the insurers to cover Anavex so it's affordable to the masses. In time they'll come around, but I can see them resisting as much as possible until the last possible minute. They'll call it experimental or something and will want to run their own studies and cost-benefit analysis. Depending on how long this process takes, Anavex may only have a short period of time before its patent expires and generics become available that insurers are more apt to cover.

Missling I think knows this, too. Hence, the international focus.