Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Message Board

van,

Does ARNA have a weight loss drug that actually works?

Survey say's................No, not really, at least not very well.

3.3% Placebo adjust weight loss in 52 weeks. P U

per the Belviq label, lose 5% in 12 weeks, or you're OUT. PER The trail data, this means every 12 weeks, somewhere between 53-75% will get their belcebo walking papers.

1000 new scripts in June, in September a 470-750 will fail to meet criteria for continued use. Bye Bye Belcebo, HELLO QSYMIA!

FDA say's, lose 5% of your baseline weight in 12 weeks. If not, no need to continue use of Belcebo, as it's unlikely any meaningful weight loss will be achieved.

Sentiment: Strong Sell

van,

do you think it's a good idea for VVUS to farm out all of it's salesforce? IMO, it seems like contract employees are not as committed as Full Timers....that's just my opinion.

what are your thoughts?

by the way, Eisai has 10,000+ Full Time employees. I'm sure many of them can be committed at any time to the marketing/sales of Belviq.

The real sense gives van the beatdown. Sense, that is a very complete explanation of why Belviq is going to destroy Q in the marketplace. The only things I would add would be the following: 1. Belviq will get prescribed to diabetics and prediabetics due to its ability to decrease blood sugar independently of the weight loss. 2. Belviq will sell in the EU, Q will not. 3. Belviq is safer...and at doses likely to be prescribed Belviq causes as much weight loss as Q.

Van,

did Qysmia get rejected by Europe?

that would be awful for a company to get shut out of a Contitent of 700+ million people.

van,

can VVUS advertise Qsymia?

why did VVUS do a 'soft launch'?

why is VVUS giving away Qsymia for free for the first two weeks?

why is a major VVUS shareholder asking for Management to sell the company? Don't they like the management team's progress?

can Qsymia be found at any retailers stores?

why is Qsymia only available via Mail?

hey van,

it's me again....please remind us how many insiders sold shares this year?

Nasdaq shows us that Insiders sold 2,024,572 shares in 2012.

My rough estimate is about $40 MILLION worth of shares were sold by VVUS Insiders in less than one year.

any thoughts?

van,

another question, does Qsymia have REMS?

the reason that I ask, is because Belviq does not have REMS.

waiting your response......

Sentiment: Strong Buy

van,

can you remind us of the $200+ million that VVUS must shell out for ACQLAIM?

let me do the honors:

Per the VVUS 10Q dated 6-Nov-2012:

"We anticipate that our research and development expenses for the remainder of 2012 will increase significantly as compared to 2011 as we continue the planning phase of a post-approval cardiovascular outcomes study for Qsymia, known as ACQLAIM. The details of ACQLAIM have not yet been agreed with the FDA. This study could cost between $200 and $250 million and take as long as five to six years to complete..."

van,

what about the $2 million from Ildong???

per the ARNA 8k:

In addition, Ildong has agreed to pay us a $2 million.....

and all the other potential suitors for ARNA?

how about VVUS, how many companies are willing to invest REAL dollars into Qsymia? NONE!!!

Sentiment: Strong Buy

bump

YO VAN, its DFH...You are wrong again! Van how many lawyers work at VVUS...Alot! They are just trying to find a sucker to sell the company to and get out before they have to do a secondary at THREE BUCKS or its BK for them...LOL!

thanks for the bump....

maybe arna can lend vvus 2 milllion till next quarter, that be a nice one time event for vvus. it would double vvus profits.

Well . . . lets not forget that our South Korean partner's payment was $5M. Now lets speculate about the ROW partner and what their milestone payment might be - guessing larger than Eisai's. So I don't think we are talking about a one time event. Sorry, it's probably the word 'partner' that is so confusing and foreign to a VVUS groupie.

so you agree that it will happen, vandoosh?
Good.
Reality is finally finding it's way into your walnut-like brain.

Sentiment: Hold

yeah Van, a one time event for ARNA, one more time than VVUS will enjoy