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- 05/28/2008 - CareToLive Is Very Sad To Report that Member Richard J. Ripp Passed Away from Prostate Cancer on Friday, May 23, 2008 - NEVER RECEIVED PROVENGE!
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- 05/21/2008 - The FDA Turned Its Back on Ted & Congress Refused To Hold Hearings
- 05/14/2008 - HEY HEY FDA HOW MANY MEN DIED TODAY?
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- The FDA is uncaring, the world won’t change their thought process and meanwhile Congress remains asleep at the wheel, when it comes to Provenge for the terminally ill.
- Sleepless in Asentar
- Are Congress and the FDA missing the big picture?
- Michael Milken and the Prostate Cancer Foundation's Foul Balls
- Supplemental Memorandum Plaintiff CareToLive
- Corruption at Its Finest
- The Time is NOW!
- 3 "Leaked" Letters & So Much More
- Get On The Bus Gus!
- The FDA Is Out Of Control
WHATS GOING ON
This Is An Emergency!
We rallied outside the FDA building in Rockville, Maryland on September 18th. Now there are buses riding around Rockville and Washington, D.C., further protesting the shenanigans that took place inside the FDA building, as well as outside.
The FDA has gotten caught up with Wall Street. While it is supposed to be busy with evaluating food and drugs, its employees just can't keep their eyes off the money. So that is how decisions are being made these days.
This Is An Emergency!
We rallied outside the FDA building in Rockville, Maryland on September 18th. Now there are buses riding around Rockville and Washington, D.C., further protesting the shenanigans that took place inside the FDA building, as well as outside.
The FDA has gotten caught up with Wall Street. While it is supposed to be busy with evaluating food and drugs, its employees just can't keep their eyes off the money. So that is how decisions are being made these days.
WE'LL BE BACK
These people traveled from all across the country to protest outside the FDA Building in Rockville, Maryland. The FDA has stopped a safe and effective treatment from getting to men who need it now. The treatment is called Provenge and it treats men who have late stage prostate cancer.
The FDA appointed a panel of experts to help it decide on the safety and efficacy of Provenge. That panel voted 17-0 that Provenge was safe. And it voted 13-4 that Provenge showed substantial evidence it worked. And yet the FDA delayed it. Now it could be a year, a year and a half or it could be three years. It could be forever.
These people will keeping coming back to Rockville and they hope others will join them until the courts, the FDA, Congress or somebody does something about this travesty.
These people traveled from all across the country to protest outside the FDA Building in Rockville, Maryland. The FDA has stopped a safe and effective treatment from getting to men who need it now. The treatment is called Provenge and it treats men who have late stage prostate cancer.
The FDA appointed a panel of experts to help it decide on the safety and efficacy of Provenge. That panel voted 17-0 that Provenge was safe. And it voted 13-4 that Provenge showed substantial evidence it worked. And yet the FDA delayed it. Now it could be a year, a year and a half or it could be three years. It could be forever.
These people will keeping coming back to Rockville and they hope others will join them until the courts, the FDA, Congress or somebody does something about this travesty.
HEY HEY FDA HOW MANY MEN DIED TODAY?
May 14th, 2008 | Posted by CTLWeek #7 Rockville/Bethesda/Chevy Chase Gazette Ad Campaign
Please visit the FDA Protest 5/30/08 page and help us spread the word. There is much that everyone can do to help raise awareness. Thanks. CareToLive
Read/Download Richard Wick Bethesda/Chevy Chase/Kensington Gazette Ad richardwickgazettead.pdf
Popularity: 31%
Tags: AIPC, Brachytherapy, C. Richard Wick, Cancer Vaccine, Care To Live, CareToLive, commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach, Dendreon, FDA, foia, Freedom of Information Act, hormone refractory, Howard Scher, Immunotherapy, maha hussain, Michael Milken, oncologist, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Gland, Prostatectomy, provenge, Richard Pazdur, Robotic Surgery, Thomas R Fleming
Posted in The Cause, The Dysfunctional FDA | 5 Comments »
REAL FDA COMMISSIONER NEEDED
May 7th, 2008 | Posted by CTLWeek #6 Rockville/Bethesda/Chevy Chase Gazette Ad Campaign
Read/Download Richard Ripp Rockville Gazette Ad richardrippgazettecolor.pdf
Please visit the FDA Protest 5/30/08 page and help us spread the word. There is much that everyone can do to help raise awareness. Thanks. CareToLive
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Popularity: 37%
Tags: Brachytherapy, Cancer Vaccine, Care To Live, CareToLive, commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach, Dendreon, Dr. Robert Rostock, FDA, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Howard Scher, Immunotherapy, Janet Woodcock, maha hussain, Michael Milken, oncologist, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Prostate Gland, Prostatectomy, provenge, Richard Pazdur, Robotic Surgery, Thomas R Fleming
Posted in The Cause, The Dysfunctional FDA | 3 Comments »
Protest FDA Janet Woodcock Philly Marriot May 6 Nationwide Protest May 30
May 2nd, 2008 | Posted by CTLMay 6 at 8AM
Keynote speaker: Janet Woodcock, MD, Deputy Commissioner, FDA, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
http://www.temple.edu/pharmacy_qara/08agenda.htm
VISIT OUR RALLY PAGE FOR MAY 30, 2008 NATIONWIDE PROSTATE CANCER DEMONSTRATION DETAILS http://caretolive.com/rally/
We are also looking for a demonstration coordinator to organize outside of Michael Milken’s The Prostate Cancer Foundation in Santa Monica. They have sadly been silent regarding the Provenge delay and need a wake up call.
HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE PROTEST!
Popularity: 35%
Tags: Brachytherapy, Cancer Vaccine, Care To Live, CareToLive, commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach, Dendreon, Dr. Robert Rostock, FDA, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Howard Scher, Immunotherapy, Janet Woodcock, maha hussain, Michael Milken, oncologist, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Prostate Gland, Prostatectomy, provenge, Richard Pazdur, Robotic Surgery, Thomas R Fleming
Posted in The Cause, The Dysfunctional FDA | 1 Comment »
Week #5 FDA FIDDLES 27,000 MEN DIE
April 30th, 2008 | Posted by CTLThis weeks ad in the Chevy Chase / Bethesda / Kensington Gazette features a strong proponent for the approval of Provenge, Dr. Robert Rostock, Chairman of Oncology, Geisinger, South Wilkes Barre, PA; Chairman, Radiation Oncology, Wyoming Valley Health Care, and Chair, Institutional Review Board; former faculty member and specialist in immunology research, Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Read/download color ad caretolivedrbobbethesdachevygazette.pdf
Read/download black/white ad caretolivedrbobbethesdachevygazettebw.pdf
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Popularity: 36%
Tags: Brachytherapy, Cancer Vaccine, Care To Live, CareToLive, commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach, Dendreon, Dr. Robert Rostock, FDA, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Howard Scher, Immunotherapy, maha hussain, Michael Milken, oncologist, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Gland, Prostatectomy, provenge, Richard Pazdur, Robotic Surgery, Thomas R Fleming
Posted in The Cause, The Dysfunctional FDA | Post a Comment »
Week #4 FDA IGNORES PATIENTS LIKE STEPHEN STUDY — CareToLive Loses Another Member — Part II
April 22nd, 2008 | Posted by CTLCare To Live is very saddened by the loss of member Stephen H. Study. It is over a year since Provenge was voted 17-0 safe and 13-4 substantial evidence of efficacy by an FDA panel of experts. We are continuing our efforts on behalf of our have many prostate cancer sufferers desperately awaiting the approval of Provenge before it is too late for them. Here is week #4 of our ad campaign. Come on FDA. APPROVE PROVENGE NOW!!!!
Week #4 Color Ad Read and Print caretoliverockvillegazette4ad-part-2web.pdf
Week #4 Black & White Ad Read and Print caretoliverockvillegazette4ad-part-2bw.pdf
Next week, Week #5, we will place our ad in the Chevy Chase/Bethesda Gazette as we continue to raise awareness throughout the Maryland area as to the debacle that took place at the FDA in Rockville.
Popularity: 34%
Tags: Brachytherapy, Cancer Vaccine, Care To Live, CareToLive, commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach, Dendreon, FDA, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Howard Scher, Immunotherapy, maha hussain, Michael Milken, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Gland, Prostatectomy, provenge, Richard Pazdur, Robotic Surgery, Thomas R Fleming
Posted in The Cause, The Dysfunctional FDA | 1 Comment »
CareToLive Files Memorandum Contra in Response to FOIA Complaint in Response to FDA Motion to Stay
March 11th, 2008 | Posted by CTLIn response to the FOIA complaint filed by CTL motion that CDER just does not have the time and resources to locate and process the request.
ctlmemocontrastaykerry5pdf2.pdf
Way to go Kerry!! THANKS!
Popularity: 37%
Tags: Brachytherapy, Cancer Vaccine, Care To Live, CareToLive, commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach, Dendreon, FDA, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Howard Scher, Immunotherapy, maha hussain, Michael Milken, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Gland, Prostatectomy, provenge, Richard Pazdur, Robotic Surgery, Thomas R Fleming
Posted in The Cause, The Dysfunctional FDA, The Lawsuit | Post a Comment »
Proquest Tries to Cover Its Tracks over Scher Provenge Debacle
January 2nd, 2008 | Posted by CTLWe are hot on the trail of the miscreants that derailed Provenge, a safe and effective immunotherapy for prostate cancer, condemning 30,000 American men to death without hope, in order to reap windfall profits.
Ed Silverman of Pharmalot reports on the shenanigans. (click link)
They may have taken down the links but we have the Proquest Investments 2007 Scientific Advisory Committee on our CareToLive research page showing the connections to Howard Scher and Milken’s Prostate Cancer Foundation that claims they want faster cures, yet remained mum on the Provenge Debacle. 3 Congressment are now calling for a Congressional hearing.
See our prior blog on Michael Milken’s Prostate Cancer Foundation and The Proquest Investment Fund / Howard Scher /FDA Unholy Alliance.(click link)
CareToLive is asking the public to help get to the bottom of the Provenge debacle by joining Congressmen Mike Michaud of Maine, Dan Burton of Indiana, and Tim Ryan of Ohio, who are calling for a congressional hearing into what happened. Contact your elected officials to ask for a congressional hearing, visiting the CareToLive website, dig our blogs, and join in the battle.
30,000 American men will die each year (not to mention the rest of the world) without this safe and effective immunotherapy. 1 in 6 men will get prostate cancer int heir lifetime. The FDA’s delay of Provenge was unprecedented in a terminal disease with an overwhelmingly positive panel that showed survival advantages, where no other options exist. Only one treatment for prostate cancer has been approved in 42 years. Send a clear message to Congress, the dysfunctional FDA, Wall Street, and the Chemo Cartel that we want this nontoxic immunotherapy approved NOW! More than 10 years of trials have shown it increases survival. Some men are alive as long as 6 years.
CONGRESSIONAL LETTER ASKING FOR A HEARING PDF (click here) Please fax this letter to your own congressional representatives and ask them to join this action. TIA
Continue Reading Proquest Tries to Cover Its Tracks over Scher Provenge Debacle »
Popularity: 35%
Tags: Asentar, Brachytherapy, Care To Live, CareToLive, Dendreon, Ed Silverman, FDA, howard i scher, Immunotherapy, Jay Moorin, Michael Milken, novacea, PCF, Pharmalot, Proquest Investments, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation, provenge, sloan kettering
Posted in The Dysfunctional FDA, The Lawsuit | Post a Comment »
Michael Milken and the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s Foul Balls
November 18th, 2007 | Posted by CTLWhile Michael Milken and the Prostate Cancer Foundation are whooping it up at the ballgame, some men are sneaking off to have their testicles removed in hopes that it will stop their PSA from rising, and their lives from ending prematurely from late stage prostate cancer. 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetimes. Over 30,000 American men will die from prostate cancer this year. Only 1 very toxic drug has been approved for late stage pc in over 42 years.
Along came Dendreon’s Provenge, an Immunotherapy voted overwhelmingly safe and effective by the FDA’s panel of experts convened to review Provenge. Was there foul play afoot when the FDA decided to delay approval. Perhaps if our men put some extra pine tar on their bats, we could get some coverage of this story. You would think that the deaths of 15,000 men since the delay would be enough.
Note the Picture on the bottom — David Solit, Tommy Lasorda, Dr. Howard Soule, Dr. Howard Scher and Mike Milken join together in support of the PCF’s Home Run Challenge at the New York Mets vs. Anaheim Angels game on June 10th, 2005 (click link)
Why hasn’t Michael Milken and his Prostate Cancer Foundation stepped up to the plate and publicly voiced his disappointment and disapproval of the decision by the FDA to delay Provenge? Is Milken financially conflicted? The whole thing is permeating a stench in the world of financially conflicted advocacy groups. Continue Reading Michael Milken and the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s Foul Balls »
Popularity: 95%
Tags: Alison Martin, Andrew Von Eschenbach, Ashok Batra, CBER, CDER, Celia Witten, Chemotherapy, David Solit, FDA, Foulkes, howard i scher, Howard R. Soule PH.d, Howard Soule, Immunotherapy, James Blair, Janet Woodcock, Jim Blair, Jonathan W. Simons, Karen Midthun, Leaked Letters, M.D., Michael Milken, ODAC, PCF, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Richard Pazdur, Stuart Holden, Thomas R Fleming
Posted in The Cause | 4 Comments »
Sleepless in Asentar
November 15th, 2007 | Posted by CTLOn a night in early April, 2007, the temperature was hanging around 35 degrees outside. It was considered good sleeping weather on the East Coast. But a particular doctor could not sleep. He tossed. He turned. His mind was still rapidly busy with the activities from a few days ago.
He could still see his fellow panelists sitting around the table in that hotel room in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He tried his best to influence them, to show them the flaws in the medical treatment they were evaluating. He kept pointing them to trial design problems, failed endpoints, and survival that surely could not have come from the agent.
Then the doctor’s gut suddenly felt that guilt-wrenching churn. Novacea and ProQuest had just popped into his head. If those panelists persuade the FDA to approve Provenge, he is finished. “Oh, no,” he thought, “and Schering-Plough will back out of that deal. I have to do something.”
Dr. Howard Scher sprang out of bed and headed to another room.
Continue Reading Sleepless in Asentar »
Popularity: 96%
Tags: 90 Nassau Street, Alain Schreiber, Alison Martin, Asentar, Ashok Batra, Binkley, Brachytherapy, cancer, Care To Live, CareToLive, Chemotherapy, David B. Agus, Dendreon, Dr. Pazdur, FDA, foia, Freedom of Informatioin, Genaera, howard i scher, Howard R. Jonathan W. Simons, Howard Scher, Immunotherapy, Jay Moorin, Jesse Goodman, M.D., M.D. (Chairman), maha hussain, metastacized, metastasis, Michael Milken, Pasquale DeAngelis, Ph.D., Princeton, Proquest Investments, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Gland, provenge, Radiation, Samuel R. Saks, Seeds, Soule, Stuart Holden, Thomas Fleming, William G. Nelson
Posted in The Cause, The Dysfunctional FDA | 7 Comments »
Supplemental Memorandum Plaintiff CareToLive
November 9th, 2007 | Posted by CTLDownload the Memorandum - Click here
CareToLive Attorney Kerry Donahue files on behalf of the men with terminal prostate cancer who are running out of hope and time as thet desperately seek Provenge. We need everybody’s help in calling attention to this grave situation. Please Leave your comments and digg it. TIA
P.S. Two fleets of buses are rolling around DC and Rockville with our “Get on the Bus Gus” Provenge Confidential ad campaign.
Popularity: 89%
Tags: CareToLive, CBER, CDER, Dendreon, FDA, howard i scher, Immunotherapy, maha hussain, Michael Milken, Proquest Investments, Prostate Cancer, provenge, Richard Pazdur
Posted in The Lawsuit | 4 Comments »