Geeta Anand has a nice piece about the struggle to get a dying child access to an experimental drug. The only problem is that the people she gives credit for supporting the family in pressuring the small start up - Nancy Pelosi -- supports the sort of fear mongering, lawsuits, price controls and FDA fearmongering that make small biotech start ups reluctant to take a risk on a potentially dangerous drug with a dying child.
Still, the article underscores the moral clarity and durability of the Abigail Alliance's position on access to experimental medicines. Some may not agree with the Tiered Approval process but I predict that Frank Burroughs and co. will be victorious. Science and sense of purpose are behind him. While some may believe that patients, companies and the FDA working together is too "cozy", I believe it should be common practice. We need more Frank Burroughs and we need more miracles of medicine.
http://abigail-alliance.org/
Still, the article underscores the moral clarity and durability of the Abigail Alliance's position on access to experimental medicines. Some may not agree with the Tiered Approval process but I predict that Frank Burroughs and co. will be victorious. Science and sense of purpose are behind him. While some may believe that patients, companies and the FDA working together is too "cozy", I believe it should be common practice. We need more Frank Burroughs and we need more miracles of medicine.
http://abigail-alliance.org/
