Comments on: Should Patient’s Suggestion for Treatment Be Compensated?

By: Saumya

Saumya — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:23:43 +0000

It is obvious in light of the above article, that Ms. Jacobsen’s intention in administering the drug to her husband was just to save his life/treat him of the disease. So there was no obligation of confidentiality on part of Celgene. And now, after seeing huge sums of money involved, anyone would try to get a pie for it. When we rather see it from a different perspective of practically what happened, Celgene did indeed use the idea suggested by Ms. Jacobsen and thy are making huge sums of money from it. What could potentially be a settlement between the two parties that instead of paying any penalty, Celgene should pay for the idea of Ms. Jacobsen. We can relate it to the idea of Mc. Donalds.

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By: James

James — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:17:26 +0000

No, they should not.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:09:05 +0000

Yes, I have been a Celgene stockholder since 1998. And I am also a lawyer with 15 years’ experience, most of it managing litigation. And who I am doesn’t change the fact that this claim is being brought 12 years after the idea was allegedly first advanced, and there appears never to have been a direct relationship between the plaintiff and Celgene.

By: Hey Hey

Hey Hey — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:51:22 +0000

Please note that “Mark”, the above posters, is a Celgene shareholder who has a vested interest in seeing Ms. Jacobsen’s claim fail.