Care To Live Regrets the Passing of Howard C. of Prostate Cancer
May 1st, 2009 | Posted by Rory KearneyHoward C. and John Fish were the two late stage prostate cancer patients who gave Care To Live Attorney Kerry Donahue, standing to file our lawsuit against the FDA in Federal Court in Ohio, two years ago. Had Howard and John been able to receive Provenge when it should have been approved, they might still be with us today.
“Attached hereto as “Exhibit E”, is the signed letter by Howard CXXXXX who is an AIPC patient in Ohio who seeks Provenge now. Howard is very ill and in late stage of prostate cancer. He hopes that if he can’t get Provenge in time to help him that he can at least help others to receive it. John Fish (letter attached to Plt mot. for inj, exhibit H), also from Ohio is a late stage cancer patient who wants Provenge now.”
Our dysfunctional FDA coupled with a corrupt cast of characters, needs to be overhauled and made to serve the public by bringing better, safer, more humane treatments, like Provenge, on the market without years of delay.
The system is so flawed that after we filed more than a dozen motions fighting to have the corrupt decision addressed, the FDA, defended by the Department of Justice, paid for with our tax dollars, received a ruling by the Federal Court saying that since the decision is not final, as the Provenge application is still pending, the case is not ripe to be heard.
Tell Howard C. and John Fish and Stephen Study, and the Wicks, and the 60,000 other men who have gone on to die from prostate cancer during this unjust approval delay, that the decision by the FDA was not final.
With the unambiguous and robust survival results that were just shown in the THIRD confirmatory phase 3 trial, the FDA needs to immediately make Provenge available to the thousands of the men who would be eligible to be treated with the Provenge immunotherapy, in order to empower them to fight for their lives.
Every man should have the same chance Eduardo Garcia had. He had given up on life when his daughter enrolled him in the Provenge trials 8 years ago, and after 3 treatments in a doctors office, he crawled out of bed and is alive and well.
Howard provided a great service to mankind by stepping forward to say that men with prostate cancer matter. All the Care To Live Members and Supporters hearts and prayers go out to Howard and his family.
Grow a heart FDA. You have delayed this long enough. There is no excuse to keep men waiting another year while you follow your draconian protocol. There can be no doubt that it works. Now let’s get it to the men today!
Answer our CareToLive Citizens’ Petition that has been languishing in your office for almost 2 years and Approve Provenge NOW!
Read and Leave Comments on our FDA CareToLive Citizens’ Petition Request to Reconsider the Failure to Approve Provenge >>
We need everybody and be the voice that Howard no longer has, and to contact the FDA, Congress, and the Press in the link below.
Operation Accelerate Approval >>http://caretolive.com/2009-04-28/operation-accelerate-approval-update/
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Tags: Brad Wick, Dendreon, Eduardo Garcia, FDA, Howard C., Immunotherapy, John Fish, Kerry Donahue, Prostate Cancer, provenge, Stephen Study
May 7th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
God Bless Howard and John!