Confronting the FDA and their 'go slower' drug approvals

[Guest guest]

Lynn, thanks for the compliment. I do definitely want to be confrontational.

For anyone to call for additional tests to be done on critical cancer drugs

simply means more cancer patients will die.

Do you understand this? Could it be me? Could it be you? Who knows?

To let patients die when effective drugs are available is a travesty.

I'll repeat that. To let patients die when effective drugs are available is a

travesty.

Cancer is not liposuction. It is not toenail fungus. It is not botox

injections.

Cancer is the number one killer among Americans younger than 85. Number one.

And this yokel wants to have more tests, more wasted time, more caution?

You need to know about thalidomide. Remember, that was the drug that caused

horrible birth defects in babies.

The FDA loves to point out how it wasn't approved by the agency, saving American

babies.

Only trouble with that nice story is that the bureaucrat in charge delayed not

based on some evidence, or an abundance of caution, but because she just didn't

get to the application. Some say it was because she was lazy.

So the mighty FDA's success wasn't a success at all.

Cancer is a killer. We all know that. Even CLL, the 'good cancer' kills.

A reasonable path is to allow limited use of the most promising agents for

cancer patients who cannot get into a clinical trial. There is a mechanism for

this; it's called compassionate use. All I'd like to see is much great use of

compassionate use.

The FDA wants to slow the game down, and make us wait even longer for very

promising drugs.

Do you want to wait longer? Do you think there is a 'perfect' drug out there

with no side effects, and we just need to wait a few decades before we get

there?

Count me out!!!

(BTW, condolences to for the loss of her husband from this terrible

disease.)

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Re: The 'Go Slower' FDA

Posted by: " lynnb65 "

pualynn@...

 

lynnb65

Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:26 pm (PDT)

Well .. very confrontational posts from both and . ,

your communication style may be why you received NO responses. , really

unproductive generalization about government employees.

I think there is some very exciting research going on, especially in CLL right

now. If you are fortunate to be close to a research center, then make yourself

available, donate your blood, and become a positive contributor.

Lynn

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- so sorry for your news - it came to me personally, so I am

posting

it to the group-

In a message dated 3/14/2011 5:29:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

twadd3blueyonder (DOT) co.uk writes:

Dear all,

I need to say a huge thanks for all the support we have had from you

over the years ( although we have been quiet for a while recently) - the

large amount of information and encouragement and actually " the love "

that pours from this list.

Sadly Ron died on 26th February after his 10 year battle with this

disease. He finally sucumbed via heart failure after a couple of bouts

of colds and flu. He was the most uncomplaining of men and I shall miss

him so much.

Twaddell