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Thurly (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
In balancing the risks and rewards of conditional approval, remember that the patients have run out of treatment options, are fast running out of time and that the FDA can recind the treatment's marketing approval if the clinical trials aren't completed in a timely manner.
seasickinspithead (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Allowing access to drugs before FDA approval is dangerous, even if the drugs are shown to work. The people who are given access have to pay for the drug. This discourages the drug companies from fully ensuring a drug is safe. Why would they test a drug fully if they could sell it before approval? This is a sad story, but we must remember that there is a reason for regulations and phases of drug testing.
Thurly (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Your argument is, IMO, extreme. The Abigail Alliance doesn't advocate for access to ALL drugs in development, only those that have shown substantial promise of safety and efficacy for victims who are in the terminal phase of their disease and only in the case where there are no FDA approved alternatives. Nobody is advocating recklessness -- just common sense. View my video from Bruce Tower, a prostate cancer victim with late stage disease, for perspective on balancing risks and rewards.
42519941307 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Oh, come on! I feel badly for Abigail, it was a shame that she died so young, but how can you seriously think that people have these rights? There are about 5000 drugs recieved by the FDA each year, and only one makes it to the market. ONLY ONE is safe enough. Do you think it is safe to let people try all the other 4999 very dangerous and ineffective drugs? Is that really a right, or a want?
PhilVardena (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Many people at the FDA have their hands dirt of blood.Thanks for posting this video.
Thurly (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
This video has been posted twice -- with different tags.This video directs viewers to Abigail Alliance and Care to Live.
achchhaa (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Members of the FDA that are responsible for the Delay of any Cancer Treatment should be held criminally liable for their actions!
az09abcdefg (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Shame shame on the FDA.I understand they are making the same mistake over and over and that currently it is prostate cancer patients who are the FDA victims now, as they are being denied Provenge! |
