FDA Approves Piqray for Adv. HR+, HER2- BC w/ PIK3CA Mutation

For heaven’s sake, why do the drug companies have to give drugs weird new names? Here we have been discussing alpelisib for months or years, and now we have to learn that it is also called Piqray?! The new names are no easier to spell, pronounce, or remember. And they don’t have anything to do with anything. They must come from a random name generator or a fantasy novelist.

“In the darkness of night, Elwayin heard the sound of the Kisqali tromping through the snow, getting closer and closer. She drew her trusty Piqray, and waited, the moonlight glinting off the ancient weapon. Verzenio said a quick prayer and fervently wished he could run back home to his own country and his vineyard, but he tried not to let Elwayin sense his fear...”.

Ok, who can supply the original names? Answer key: Kisqali = ribociclib, Piqray=alpelisib, Verzenio= Abemaciclib. Elwayin I made up, but they can use it for the next drug approved if they like.

lol thats funny Shetland. It sounds like PiK3CA if someone tried to read it as a word haha..

Awesome post, Shetland Pony. I think pharma just may steal "Elwayin" from you. Make sure you get royalties if they do.

Shetland - You've got a future as a fantasy novelist! Love it. So true!

Believe it or not, the drug companies take naming very very seriously. Focus groups, marketing consultants, the whole nine yards. And then they come up with names that make zero sense. Sigh.

Love, love, love your post Shetland!

FYI according to an ASCO poster from Foundation One, 1/3 of women with MBC have the mutation so the number of us who could take the drug is larger than I thought.