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All Comments by North Observer »Mannkind Slammed: No Guarantees in Drug Safety [View article]
you guess some right and you guess some wrong. I am a player but I am also commited to long term investment. I have been with MNKD for over 8 years. Regarding the 6 subjects, I don't know if they were all long term smokers....I don't believe that information was disclosed, and correct me if I'm wrong. I would share your concern if all 6 were long term smokers and all developed lung cancer following use of the product. Reason being is that the product would appear to show specific and synergistic effect to the use of cigarette smoke (Which I believe has more carcinogens than the chemical in the product - insulin)!. Even with cigarette smoking, including second hand data, all we prove is a "CASUAL" relationship. I dare any scientist in the world to show statistical significance of the cancer in those 6 subjects to the use of that product, only if there were non smokers amongst them. Again, if the incidence was observed ONLY in smokers, then I agree that a statistical significance may in fact be there.