”If he was black, we'd have his back."
Lay this on the foot dragging by the FDA.
”If he was black, we'd have his back."
Not, the pharma should not do it. If done, where do you draw the line? The “victims” will create a line miles long.
And this big pharma company doesn’t even have to consider or worry that it might be boycotted. When a person is handed a prescription and takes it to be filled, they have no idea what company makes the drug they’re getting. Pretty good racket. They can afford to be heartless!
If the boy dies anyway the pharma company will probably be sued for millions. Its bad enough that drugs that are approved by the FDA still open up the companies to massive class action suits.
No wonder some drugs cost more than a car payment - there is no telling when a company might be sued.
I’m sorry the child is ill, but this isn’t the fault of the company that makes the drug - it is the fault of our legal system, the FDA, class action troll lawyers, and never ending liability.
I agree with the CEO - he probably should not have agreed to the interview in the first place. His responsibility is to improve his company and exposing them to lawsuits, or violations of FDA regulations is the right thing to do.
WHoops! Exposing them to liability is NOT the right thing to do.
The drug company will be paid, why won’t the drug be supplied?
A charity is willing to pay for the drug, so what the hell is his problem?!
Actually this is a small start up company. They are trying to get through clinical trials to get their drug on the market. If they give the drug to this kid and he dies anyway (which is unfortunately likely) the drug company will have to stop its clinical trials and prove to the FDA the drug did not kill him. This could take many months and be very expensive. Possibly preventing the company from ever getting its product on the market.
The problem is not the bad drug company but the FDA regs...
Just posted on Fox:
UPDATE: After intense public scrutiny, pharmaceutical company Chimerix will provide potentially life-saving medication for 7-year-old Josh Hardy, who has been suffering from a bone marrow disorder as a result of cancer treatments.
It's hard to think of in human terms, how someone could be so evil; but she has Stalin's excuse: "You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs." In this case, to her, Obamacare is the omelet, and children must die for it to be made.
And she does not care how many millions of children die, or how horribly, for the eventual goal of Obamacare.
Almost needless to say, Stalin proved that you could break millions of eggs and still not make an omelet. But he didn't care, either.
I don’t know why the FDA and the Drug companies in these situations cannot execute a secure hold harmless agreement, to protect the drug companies when all everyone is doing is trying to provide some POSSIBLE help, that may or may not work, in these rare illness cases. As long as patients and/or their legal reps sign, the FDA should support it and it should not interfere in ongoing trials.
I thought businesses couldn’t deny service ?