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Nestlé’s $6k Peanut Allergy Pill Has Been a Dud
- helsinkiandrew 4y agohttps://archive.is/biKF6 https://archive.is/biKF6
- solarkraft 4y agoMaybe they'll learn about supply and demand.
- clnq 4y agoI'd be somewhat hesitant to undergo this treatment myself. Especially given how common severe adverse reactions were in this case, and how ineffective the treatment was. But also because of Nestle's reputation. I wonder if more people were cautious with this medication because of Nestle's inhumane ethics, such as their baby formula marketing, several separate incidents involving slavery, the Ethiopian famine debt incident, arguing water is not a human right, etc. It seems to me like trusting this company with one's health might not be very wise.
- Scaevolus 4y agoWait, this is just peanut allergen powder? I thought that microdosing with the allergen was already a treatment?
- helsinkiandrew 4y agoYes this is just peanut allergen powder "a powder that is manufactured from peanuts and packaged in pull-apart color-coded capsules for dose escalation and up-dosing". It's hard for me not think of this as just heavily diluted peanut powder that cost $2.6Billion to develop and the $6K bill is to pay for that rather than the tablets which literally cost peanuts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_allergen_powder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_allergen_powder