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saleboat · 05-03-2007, 10:14 AM

I read the book and the story is pretty amazing. Scary that Herceptin almost didn't get out of the development phase. One of the take-aways from the book was the power of the advocacy community-- they really rallied to get as many women as possible included in the adjuvent trials, with the well-founded hunch that the drug would be a wonder.

Given the premium that these drugs are commanding, I can imagine that the business development people are all to happy to take bets now on targeted therapy-- at the time Herceptin was developed, it really was out-of-the-box thinking.

Here's a link to the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Her-2-Making-H...8212264&sr=8-1

Jen

05-03-2007, 10:14 AM	#17
saleboat Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 250	I read the book and the story is pretty amazing. Scary that Herceptin almost didn't get out of the development phase. One of the take-aways from the book was the power of the advocacy community-- they really rallied to get as many women as possible included in the adjuvent trials, with the well-founded hunch that the drug would be a wonder. Given the premium that these drugs are commanding, I can imagine that the business development people are all to happy to take bets now on targeted therapy-- at the time Herceptin was developed, it really was out-of-the-box thinking. Here's a link to the book: http://www.amazon.com/Her-2-Making-H...8212264&sr=8-1 Jen __________________ dx 4/05 @ 34 y.o. Stage IIIC, ER+ (90%)/PR+ (95%)/HER2+ (IHC 3+) lumpectomy-- 2.5 cm 15+/37 nodes (IVF in between surgery and chemo) tx dd A/C, followed by dd Taxol & Herceptin 30 rads (or was it 35?) Finished Herceptin on 7/24/06 Tamox livingcured.blogspot.com "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow." -- Helen Keller