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phil · 04-01-2013, 12:43 PM

Saw a news story on FB last week , about the " first " pt. to get the " new " drug , kadcyla ( TDM-1). NBC ch 4 in LA. One dose and she is released from Hospice. While I am very happy for her, the superficial news coverage of T DM-1 is sad. This is NOT A NEW drug !
This partial approval should have happened THREE YRS AGO ! How many others could have been discharged from hospice...we could have already run a trial to compare it to taxanes, and we knew in 2010 that it has fewer side -effects... when will This FDA /BIG PHARMA System allow T DM-1 to be combined with other drugs ? When will THEY give Perjeta to all HER2 Stage IV Survivors ?? When will Stage IV Survivors have DIRECT INVOLVEMENT in the cancer drug approval process ?

04-01-2013, 12:43 PM	#25
phil Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 393	Re: T DM-1 Activism Saw a news story on FB last week , about the " first " pt. to get the " new " drug , kadcyla ( TDM-1). NBC ch 4 in LA. One dose and she is released from Hospice. While I am very happy for her, the superficial news coverage of T DM-1 is sad. This is NOT A NEW drug ! This partial approval should have happened THREE YRS AGO ! How many others could have been discharged from hospice...we could have already run a trial to compare it to taxanes, and we knew in 2010 that it has fewer side -effects... when will This FDA /BIG PHARMA System allow T DM-1 to be combined with other drugs ? When will THEY give Perjeta to all HER2 Stage IV Survivors ?? When will Stage IV Survivors have DIRECT INVOLVEMENT in the cancer drug approval process ?