I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach
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Re: I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach
#2Anyone more knowledgeable know why they can't file for a single patient IND, assuming the vaccine is even acquirable?
Re: I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach
#3There seems to be a growing sentiment that FDA delenda est, but if we don't fix the underlying problem that led to this situation, it will just come back.
As the author says, no one ever blames the FDA for the people it failed to save. But approve something without the certainty that it isn't potentially going to kill someone, and there will be hell to your doorstep.
Even if you want the experimental treatment, you cannot get it. Killing someone in an attempt to help is deeply unethical, while merely letting them die is not your fault. This is sometimes also known as the Copenhagen interpretation of Ethics.
Re: I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach
#4I get that the FDA is bad but how come there is no country anywhere on earth where these treatments are legal and available?
Re: I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach
#5Must feel especially shitty to have your freedom curtailed like this, looking at the probable end of your life.
Re: I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach
#6What I don't understand is why the FDA doesn't automatically rubber stamp approvals on medicine approved in Canada and the European Union. We all know their medicine is good - so why can't I get it?!
Re: I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach
#7I get that the FDA is bad but how come there is no country anywhere on earth where these treatments are legal and available?
This is a very interesting question. Why are medicines regulated federally? As I understand it (and IANAL) doctors, pharmacists and nurses are regulated on a state by state basis.
Re: I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach
#8There are "right to try" laws both Federally and in 40+ states. It's unfortunate the author doesn't address those, I'm curious how they interact with his case.
Re: I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach
#9I get that the FDA is bad but how come there is no country anywhere on earth where these treatments are legal and available?
Because the mRNA vaccine approach is just about as cutting edge as it gets right now and only a few countries on the planet are any good at it.
The same is true for a lot of cutting edge treatments.
It quite strictly limits where such treatments are likely to be available.
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