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To: David Cathcart who wrote (1414)4/12/2002 3:15:23 PM
From: Biomaven  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1826
 
When they are confronted with new style drugs and technology where they don't have a 500 page manual and a file cabinet of similar cases THEY FREEZE UP.

Like they did with Gleevec? <g> (It was actually approved in just a few months).

But it is true that the FDA approval bar for a drug like Irofulven (particularly as a second-line drug) is unusually low.

I don't disagree that GNTA is a crap-shoot.

Peter