Replies to post #77082 on Biotech Values

[DewDiligence]

However, the ONLY reason any physician would prescribe Lumigan for cosmesis would be to circumvent insurance policy reimbursement guidelines regarding covered and non-covered medical indications. That is not malpractice, it is insurance fraud.

In my most recent post, I was clearly talking about a hypothetical self-pay patient, so we can set aside the insurance-related issues since the patient in question doesn’t have any.

I’m surprised you assume that, just because Lumigan and Latisse are the same chemical entity, a judge and jury in a malpractice case stemming from a severe adverse reaction to Lumigan use on eyelashes would not be swayed by the fact that Lumigan is an unapproved product for such use. At the very least, the off-label use would give the plaintiff’s lawyer an opening to paint the doctor as careless and arrogant for unnecessarily flouting the FDA label.

You may know a lot about medicine, but it sounds as though you haven’t spent much time with lawyers. I suppose that’s a good thing :- )

[rkrw]

What % of proscar (instead of propecia) sales are for hair growth? Propecia approved dose is 1/5 that of proscar. Patients gaming the system will split the pill in half or quarters. Grow their hair and shrink their prostate.