Posted by FloydAS on September 11, 2015, at 8:01:37
In reply to FDA accepts NDA for sensor-embedded Abilify, posted by Tomatheus on September 10, 2015, at 17:12:30
This seems to be a slippery slope to me. Who would consent to something like this unless they're really having major issues? The only way I see this being successful for drug manufacturers is if this digital sensor became standard for every drug and consent became mandatory by default.
It is interesting that Abilify was chosen as a guinea pig as opposed to pain medications that are repeat offenders for being abused. I can see that as a potential purpose for this concept.
The only part of the population that I foresee really benefiting from something like this would be the elderly and many of those that require treatment are already utilizing assistance with their medication anyway. I just don't see this as viable unless this is dictated by Washington which God forbid it ever is. I see their facts and figures in the article but I really would be shocked if enough of the population consents to something this intrusive to make it profitable to the drug manufacturers in the long run.
And heck, my prescription drug plan, CVS Caremark, just eliminated Abilify from coverage in their formulary for 2016 as it is, which is an interesting aside to this particular article given the timing.
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