Comments on: A Visit to the Roche New Concept Incubator http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: dargirl http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html/comment-page-1#comment-412670 dargirl Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:40:13 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10943#comment-412670 A letter to Roche to be viewed via "the internet blogging observation" Dear Roche, I have been using your product for many! many! many! years and here is your internet communication from your consumer as to what I would really like to see your company develop. A Cure! But I realize that Roche would not be the likely Pharma company to develop a cure. But you are a company that can make my life a little easier. I understand through the internet sites you are trying to develop a understanding of PWD as to what we really want. You ask yourself is it marketable, is it profitable to develop with a whole lot of analyzing. Well here is my feedback directly to Roche. I want a Accu-check meter that will be able to test, log, calculate carb ratio, log insulin dosages, log exercise and other diabetic things, for an affordable price for everyone. All in one handy dandy little meter. Now that is what I want. In recent years the accu-check meter has been in the stone ages. All it does is "TEST" and I need more from my meter. Meters have made a huge differance for PWD in dealing with Diabetes in the past 30+ years. Huge! Good Job! So go back to your drawing table, puts your heads together and come up with new meter. Just think! I have just save Roche millions of dollars of analyzing. Please give me some feedback as what you have going on and I will continue to give you feedback as to wheather it will make a differance in PWD lives. P.S. Also I would like in a pretty pink! Thanks. Sincerely, dargirl A letter to Roche to be viewed via “the internet blogging observation”

Dear Roche,

I have been using your product for many! many! many! years and here is your internet communication from your consumer as to what I would really like to see your company develop. A Cure! But I realize that Roche would not be the likely Pharma company to develop a cure. But you are a company that can make my life a little easier.

I understand through the internet sites you are trying to develop a understanding of PWD as to what we really want. You ask yourself is it marketable, is it profitable to develop with a whole lot of analyzing.

Well here is my feedback directly to Roche. I want a Accu-check meter that will be able to test, log, calculate carb ratio, log insulin dosages, log exercise and other diabetic things, for an affordable price for everyone. All in one handy dandy little meter. Now that is what I want.

In recent years the accu-check meter has been in the stone ages. All it does is “TEST” and I need more from my meter. Meters have made a huge differance for PWD in dealing with Diabetes in the past 30+ years. Huge! Good Job!

So go back to your drawing table, puts your heads together and come up with new meter. Just think! I have just save Roche millions of dollars of analyzing. Please give me some feedback as what you have going on and I will continue to give you feedback as to wheather it will make a differance in PWD lives.

P.S. Also I would like in a pretty pink! Thanks.

Sincerely,

dargirl

]]> By: AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html/comment-page-1#comment-412640 AmyT Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:57:36 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10943#comment-412640 @katerina - what they're doing has nothing to do with new gadget colors, I can assure you. @mcityrk - I'm with you. So far it's pure innovation, no business strategy. Refreshing, but a considerable risk for a big public company. @katerina – what they’re doing has nothing to do with new gadget colors, I can assure you.

@mcityrk – I’m with you. So far it’s pure innovation, no business strategy. Refreshing, but a considerable risk for a big public company.

]]> By: George http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html/comment-page-1#comment-412538 George Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:08:22 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10943#comment-412538 Very inspirational site! I agree with your explanations. Thanks for sharing it. Very inspirational site!
I agree with your explanations. Thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: mcityrk http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html/comment-page-1#comment-412321 mcityrk Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:54:15 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10943#comment-412321 Actually considering the financial pressures most diabetes care companies are facing [patent expirations, generic competition, reduced reimbursement schedules] I am surprised such a group ever was allowed to independently exist as that size group would burn several million a year with no guarantees that useful advances would ever be produced. Actually considering the financial pressures most diabetes care companies are facing [patent expirations, generic competition, reduced reimbursement schedules] I am surprised such a group ever was allowed to independently exist as that size group would burn several million a year with no guarantees that useful advances would ever be produced.

]]> By: dargirl http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html/comment-page-1#comment-412276 dargirl Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:49:11 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10943#comment-412276 I have to agree with katerina. A "think tank" to me is "how will the general public of PWD deal with this product that we want to develop", "is it worth our while", will it make us money? It is a fact of product development. I have to agree with katerina. A “think tank” to me is “how will the general public of PWD deal with this product that we want to develop”, “is it worth our while”, will it make us money? It is a fact of product development.

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html/comment-page-1#comment-412260 uberVU - social comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:34:52 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10943#comment-412260 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by susanpromislo: RT @DiabetesMine: Visit to the Roche #Diabetes New Concept Incubator-research has nothing to do w BG monitors-http://tinyurl.com/yk67b9e... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: katerina http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html/comment-page-1#comment-412079 katerina Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:42:52 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10943#comment-412079 I am sorry but I am not one bit impressed. Rather than having 20 people thinkinng about yet again positive energy and educating people, I would much rather see them spending ALL their efforts making cgm smaller, less painful less intrusive etc etc something better. I am fed up hearing about information getting connected, how you can better record your numbers and other stuipid gadgets that really make no real difference. Having the choice for colour doexnt take away caluses on the fingers I am sorry but I am not one bit impressed. Rather than having 20 people thinkinng about yet again positive energy and educating people, I would much rather see them spending ALL their efforts making cgm smaller, less painful less intrusive etc etc something better. I am fed up hearing about information getting connected, how you can better record your numbers and other stuipid gadgets that really make no real difference. Having the choice for colour doexnt take away caluses on the fingers

]]> By: George http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html/comment-page-1#comment-412051 George Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:55:04 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10943#comment-412051 I love that Roche is willing to look ahead in hopes of coming up with something that can be useful and helpful for us PWD's. Cool stuff indeed! I love that Roche is willing to look ahead in hopes of coming up with something that can be useful and helpful for us PWD’s. Cool stuff indeed!

]]> By: Mr152 http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html/comment-page-1#comment-411999 Mr152 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:37:51 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10943#comment-411999 It's too bad Roche has just fired everyone on the Palo Alto site and are shutting it down. Actually, they are leasing the buildings out to an undisclosed tenant. It’s too bad Roche has just fired everyone on the Palo Alto site and are shutting it down. Actually, they are leasing the buildings out to an undisclosed tenant.

]]> By: Virtue http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/a-visit-to-the-roche-new-concept-incubator.html/comment-page-1#comment-411996 Virtue Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:49:26 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10943#comment-411996 at first glance, the diabetic in me thought that the 'tools of the creativity trade' were candy... on second glance, the rest of my brain kicked it to realize they were plastic, metal, and magnetic... cool project none the less :) at first glance, the diabetic in me thought that the ‘tools of the creativity trade’ were candy… on second glance, the rest of my brain kicked it to realize they were plastic, metal, and magnetic…

cool project none the less :)

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