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Tom · 04-04-2006, 08:56 AM

I don't know exactly how one might go about it, but we all know now, that GSK is apparently going to ask for a more rapid time schedule for FDA approval of lapatinib. Perhaps if someone other than GSK were to push the drug's story into the media spotlight, it would gather steam and aid the speed at which the FDA moves on it when the timne comes. It's always frustrating to watch a drug with so much potential, simmer just below a full boil, while many of us our wrenching our hands. I'm sure this is a question for Joe to deal with, as he might have some suggestions on strategy.

I don't know about all of you, but I have been looking at lapatinib ever since I first read about it, as the next "rock in the stream", to help move many of us to the promised land, but sometimes the steps get pretty wide. Mom has been having some difficulty, and her upcoming PET/CT and brain MRI will reveal whether the beast has roared it's head again.

I have been annoying all of the oncs with the lapatinib promise for many months, especially when it's schedule of tests toward approval were delayed. I try not to forget that I have had to torment Mom's doctors all along to get off their duffs and do something, particularly when the value of single-agent Herceptin was not clear.

If anyone, especially Joe, has any suggestions for getting Tykerb a mention on the network news, then like Ross Perot, "I'm all ears."

04-04-2006, 08:56 AM	#3
Tom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 290	Need to stoke the fire... I don't know exactly how one might go about it, but we all know now, that GSK is apparently going to ask for a more rapid time schedule for FDA approval of lapatinib. Perhaps if someone other than GSK were to push the drug's story into the media spotlight, it would gather steam and aid the speed at which the FDA moves on it when the timne comes. It's always frustrating to watch a drug with so much potential, simmer just below a full boil, while many of us our wrenching our hands. I'm sure this is a question for Joe to deal with, as he might have some suggestions on strategy. I don't know about all of you, but I have been looking at lapatinib ever since I first read about it, as the next "rock in the stream", to help move many of us to the promised land, but sometimes the steps get pretty wide. Mom has been having some difficulty, and her upcoming PET/CT and brain MRI will reveal whether the beast has roared it's head again. I have been annoying all of the oncs with the lapatinib promise for many months, especially when it's schedule of tests toward approval were delayed. I try not to forget that I have had to torment Mom's doctors all along to get off their duffs and do something, particularly when the value of single-agent Herceptin was not clear. If anyone, especially Joe, has any suggestions for getting Tykerb a mention on the network news, then like Ross Perot, "I'm all ears."