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pcrutch

07/11/12 10:25 AM

#145320 RE: stock_investor #145319

This meeting certainly has bearish consequences. Given the high level FDA'ers present and Amarin's slew of lawyers & execs, I would be willing to bet that FDA rejected NCE and Amarin demanded a meeting to discuss why or lobby harder for it. Tough to spin this positively

I've talked with some about Amarin's patents and they really didnt see them as a huge barrier. Some of Amarin's patents say no DHA, well what if an analytical chemist at Teva finds 0.01%? Also, there is a ton of prior art out there from Epadel for someone to challenge Amarin's patents.

Some head honcho from the FDA at AMRN meeting :
E Dickinson, Esq.; FDA Chief Counsel;
Jay Sitlani, FDA, Regulatory Counsel.
K Webber, FDA Dir of Pharma Sci;
D Esposito, FDA Deputy Director - Office of Regulatory Policy;
E Coleman, FDA Deputy Director, Metabolism Division;
C Rosenbraugh, FDA Director Office of Drug Evaluation II;
K Johnson, FDA, Regulatory Project Manager;
M Unlu, FDA Gen'l Attorney;
K Dettlebach, FDA, Gen'l Attorney;
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jessellivermore

07/11/12 7:57 PM

#145340 RE: stock_investor #145319

dear stock investor,

An "outcome study" as the AMRN CEO refers to, means..a study which measures "clinical outcomes" ie morbidity and mortality usually measuring clinical events or disease free state or survival..

The Omthera studies just measured the effect of Epanova on lab values of various blood lipids..That was not an "Outcomes Study".

The fact AMRN was required to do a very expensive and lengthy (six year) "Outcomes Study" on AMR101 is pretty strong evidence the FDA considers this drug an NCE...but we will see.\\

":>JL