Replies to post #311987 on Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

[rafunrafun]

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He informed me the only way he can fill the prescription with Vascepa is to have my doctor change the script to say Vascepa instead of Icosapent Ethyl and put DAW

Are you sure this is true? We probably won't know for sure because your doc will send DAW before my opinion can be tested ...

You are a customer. You have a valid prescription for V. The pharmacy has the supply. I understand he says they have a policy to switch but if a patient says no, does he not have an obligation to give you what you want, since you have a valid prescription for it?

Also, how strong is the fish smell? Can you do a 1-10 comparing to V? Rate both please.

[circuitcity]

Thanks for the report, very nice one.

It confirmed several things for me:

1) ppl has been saying since gV is priced even higher when V has coupon, so it won’t get switched. Wrong! It will because pharmacy won’t run two cases (V and gV), compare and choose cheaper one for patient.

2) to avoid this, we have to educate both doctor and patient about Putting V and daw on script? How hard is that? A lot harder than informing them anoint reduceit benefits imo.

3) a change to tier 3 is happening. You would think amrn will do something before that happen. Authorized V or sue them for infringement before it is too late?

[mrmainstreet]

So it seems the more we hear the more the US market is lost. WTF is Thero going to do about it?

Either fire the 800 reps and cancel DTC to save cash for Europe and ROW operations, while salting the earth so generics have a small market, or fight to the death by initiating infringement suit or launching their own generic.

But do something! Clearly thinking we can grow faster than generics can take our market share is a fantasy. The insurance companies will see to that quite quickly, as it's already begun.

[sts66]

NY state law requires him to automatically switch me to the generic

Does NY state law also say he must inform you of the switch before doing it? Sounds like he didn't in this case - you should have the option to refused the generic and pay for brand name V. Speaking of which, what is your insurance copay for drugs on T3? Also, the coupon doesn't make it cheaper for the insurance company - it just makes it cheaper for you.

If you keep the bottle of GV it would be an interesting experiment to carefully weigh and smell the contents, then repeat every month or two to see if it oxidizes once the hermetic seal is broken.

[momoney24]

"This is the same medication you have been getting color size or shape may appear different"

This is interesting and something I would definitely forward to Amarin. There is no way Hikma should be allowed to say that.