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Biotech / Medical : Biotech Valuation
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To: Biomaven who wrote (19385)3/22/2006 12:26:38 AM
From: Jibacoa  Read Replies (1) of 52153
 
but the prohibition on placebo-controlled trials is a mistake. It's important to note that some treatments might actually make things worse, so it's not clear that a treatment is always better than placebo.

Peter,

In cases where there is no available "accepted treatment" and where the illness is such that makes the condition "pre-terminal", I don't think there is much to be lost in trying a new treatment that has had already some P1 or PII trials for "safety & toxicity" evaluation and has some scientific logic for its use.

If myself or a close relative would have a metastatic Ca., I probably wouldn't be in favor of having one of the presently "accepted treatments" with highly toxic chemicals that severely impact the quality of life and at the most only accomplish a few more weeks of suffering. I do believe that some of those "FDA accepted treatments" actually make things worse in many cases.

On the other hand, I would like to be able to try or elect to have a "new experimental or not yet approved treatment" in which there seems to be some possibility of improvement and that decision should be left to me and my Oncologist, if I am able to afford the cost of that treatment. (I am not looking for the Government to pay for it.<g>)

Bottom line, I am in favor of S.1956 to be applied in those pre-terminal or otherwise hopeless cases.

RAGL

Bernard
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