On Wednesday, April 16th, we wanted to beat the Pope mobile and his crowd so we left early and arrived in Rockville at 4:30 AM. At 4:45 plenty of FDA people had already reported for work and the parking lot was 1/3 full. We decided to protest earlier than the 7 AM we had originally planned.

We went and grabbed some coffee and got our signs ready and started protesting at 5:45. We were able to give out our latest ad and some copies of the Rockville Gazette which the folks took inside the FDA Building.

We were able to raise some more awareness as we shouted things like:

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Another CareToLive member has died.
Read his son’s sad story in Today’s Rockville Gazette!
The FDA hasn’t responded to our Citizens Petition!
The FDA hasn’t turned over all the documents we requested under the Freedom Of Information Act!
This is an emergency, FDA!
83 Men Die every day in America from prostate cancer!
Help us out FDA!!

Click here to see the video!

A third CareToLive member joined us at 7 AM. The three of us handed out all of our copies of the ad, Continue Reading CareToLive Returns To Rockville »

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This is Week #3 of our “In Your Face” Rockville Gazette Advertising Campaign to raise awareness to the tragedy that is taking place in the prostate cancer community. While 83 men die every day of prostate cancer, the FDA sits on our Petition, and refuses to reverse their fatal decision to delay Provenge to the 30,000 men who might have benefitted from it, each year.

Continue Reading We’re Going Back To The FDA Tomorrow Wednesday 4/16/08 »

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CareToLive Ad Full Page Color 8.5 ” x 11″ (click here)

CareToLive Ad Full Page Black and White 8.5″ x 11″ (click here)

1/2 Page Rockville Gazette Newspaper Ad (Actual Size) 5.638″ x 11″ (click here)

Copy of this 4/2/08 Press Release (click here)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ADVOCACY GROUP “CARE TO LIVE” BEGINS LATEST CAMPAIGN

CareToLive Continues To Enlighten the World to the Dastardly Deeds of the FDA

Starting today, Wednesday April 2, 2008, CareToLive has begun the process of placing weekly advertisements in the Rockville Gazette, in Rockville, Maryland. These ads will contain letters from patients, families of patients or physicians. New letters will appear each week until the FDA does the humane thing and approves Provenge for the patients. The letters will also be distributed by volunteers on the streets of Rockville and on the internet.

CareToLive highlights the FDA’s blatant refusal to allow access to Provenge to men who are dying from late stage prostate cancer.

The letters will be heartfelt appeals to the humanity of the FDA, who even now, after being provided with the evidence that the Provenge BLA process was corrupted, do nothing to remedy it.

The FDA continues to refuse to follow its own rules regarding Citizens’ Petitions and refuses to comply with the Freedom of Information Act. Eighty four (84) men die every day while the FDA argues it needs 20 more months to provide simple documents to CareToLive and more than 8 months have passed without action on the CareToLive Citizens’ Petition.

First the citizens of Rockville, the home of the FDA, will further awaken to the travesty that occurred in their town that resulted in the denial of Provenge to 26,000 AIPC patients who have since died. Next the world will know.

More at www.CareToLive.com.

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